















UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 







S OBIPTUB.il. Xa ILLUSTRATIONS 



OF 

THE CHURCH SERVICE. 



I 




SCRIPTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS 




OF THE DAILY 



TRATIONS ^ 



ORNING AND EVENING SERVICE, 



4 



LITANY 




PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 

WITH NOTES. 



1 



BY REV. BENJAMIN HALE. 




ot in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, com- 
paring spiritual things with spiritual. 1 Cor. 2 : 13. 



BOSTON: 

PERKINS, MARVIN, AND COMPANY. 
PHILADELPHIA : 
^ HENRY PERKINS. 

IV 1835. 



• -5--' *\ » £ 4 ? , 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S35, 

By Perkins, Marvin. & Co. # 
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. 



PREFACE. 



The design of this little book is to give a scriptural 
illustration and defence of the daily service of the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Church. The plan is simple, and will 
be at once seen upon inspection. The Liturgy is given, 
sentence by sentence, in one column, and side by side 
with it, in another, passages of Holy Scripture. 

Some of these scripture passages are introduced to 
vindicate the language of the Liturgy, by showing how 
closely it adheres to that of revelation — others to illus- 
trate its meaning — others to prove its doctrines — others 
to enforce its pious sentiments — and others to exhibit 
the promises, upon which its supplications are grounded. 

The Liturgy is often spoken of as scriptural, and the 
palpable method, which is here adopted, to exhibit its 
scriptural character, will show it to be as deserving of 
that praise, as its warmest eulogists have dared to aver. 
The language and the sentiments of the word of God 
must have been perfectly familiar to its authors. In 
preparing the prayers and offices of the Church, they 
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have evidently drawn upon ample stores of biblical 
knowledge, which had been laid up in then minds, and 
wrought by devout meditation, into the various uses of 
prayer, and praise, and instruction. They always give 
a just preference to the language of scripture, but they 
show evidently, that hi their study of God's word, they 
have not profited, to use the language of the Homilies, 
merely by becoming " ready in turning of the book, or 
in saying of it without the book," but by being " turned 
into it." The word of God is the great mine, from 
which the Liturgy has been derived, and much of the 
ore has been used almost in its native state. Masses, 
nearly untouched by human art, have been piled up ha 
constructing the services of the sanctuary, like the stones 
of the altar, upon which no tool was to be lifted up. Ex. 
20: 26. 

It is sometimes said — and there are a thousand such 
remarks, which would not obtain currency, if men were 
as wary of false representations, as of false coin, and 
had as much conscience in uttering spurious ophiious, as 
spurious bank notes, — that the Liturgy is tinctured with 
Romanism. Let it be carefully examined, and what 
passage can be foimd in it, for which the Bible does not 
contain a voucher. A portion of it is here presented, 
with the vouchers conveniently arranged for the com- 
parison, and the rest, which was conceived and executed 
in the same spirit, and by the same minds, may be sus- 
tained in the same way. Some of our offices we have 
indeed derived from ancient times, through the Romish 
Church ; but what then ? It is possible for water to 



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flow through a leaden pipe, without contracting any of its 
poison. The Greek and Romish Churches are in the 
line between us and the primitive times, and whatever 
has come to us from those times, has come through 
them ; and what hinders, that that, which they have not 
corrupted, should retain its original purity and value? 
No protestant refuses to nourish his devotional feelings 
by the study of Fenelon or a Kempis, although they 
were both faithful sons of the Papal Church. Why then 
should it be thought that our service is but imperfectly 
reformed, because the Prayer Book, and a Roman missal 
may happen to have borrowed in some instances, the 
same prayer from an ancient Liturgy ? — " To the law 
and to the testimony." If it be the characteristic prin- 
ciple of protestantism to make the Bible the only stand- 
ard of religious truth, and to derive its faith and its 
worship from this source, then may our church chal- 
lenge to itself the merit of being as thoroughly protestant 
as any on earth. But if the rule be, to recede as far as 
possible from the religion of Rome, we readily yield the 
precedence to those, who have not yet done with re- 
forming, and never will, till, having swept away all 
those fundamental doctrines, which Rome holds in com- 
mon with evangelical protestants, and every thing, which 
is peculiar in Christianity, they reform the gospel of the 
Son of God into simple deism. 

A scriptural illustration of the Liturgy then, may serve 
to repel the false accusations of those, who do not love 
it ; may it not also serve to render the use of it more 
profitable to those, who do ? No mode of studying the 



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Bible is so fruitful, as that of comparing Scripture with 
Scripture, and no mode of illustrating our eminently 
scriptural Liturgy, for the purpose of practical improve- 
ment, can be better than by Scripture texts. No words 
are so rich as those, " which the Holy Ghost teacheth." 
No proof of Christian doctrine can be so satisfactory, as 
the declaration of God ; — faith can rest securely no- 
where, but on his promises ; — and in no way can the 
conditions of acceptance with him, and the limitations 
of his promises, be so well secured from misapprehen- 
sion or cavil, as by appealing directly to the charter 
which contains them. " All Scripture is given by inspi- 
ration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, 
for correction, for instruction in righteousness ; that the 
man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto 
all good works," and it has been the effort of the author 
of this little work, to make the Scriptures, which he has 
selected, serve appropriately all these valuable ends. 

The value of a liturgy, in maintaining steadfastness 
and purity of doctrine, has been often spoken of, and 
with perfect justice. " Wo to the church," said an emi- 
nent servant of God,* " which has not an evangelical 
liturgy." If the entire direction and preparation of the 
devotions of the sanctuary be left to the minister, they 
must, in a great measure, take their shape from the pre 
dominant feelings and mental habits of the man, the 
peculiarities of the sect to which he belongs, and the 
state of theological controversy in the times, in which he 
lives, and if they be strictly extemporaneous, they will 



* Buchanan. 



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have this defect in an eminent degree. This is not con- 
jecture. " Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 
speaketh." To say nothing of faults, which spring from 
the peculiarities of the individual, how often are prayers 
heard, the drift of which seems to be determined by 
some new thought, or old one newly exhumed, where- 
with the talent of some aspirant for distinction has con- 
trived to agitate the religious world, or from some new 
view, which has suddenly burst into the mind of the 
individual, and is at least as likely after examination, to 
prove false as true. How often is extemporaneous 
prayer cast in the mould of some favorite leader in 
theological controversy. How often is Coleridge prayed, 
how often Taylor, how often Edwards, how often 
some talented new-measure-man. Extemporary prayer 
must often prove an auxiliary to error, for the mind, 
which has conceived a heresy, will be as likely to 
utter it in prayer, as in a sermon. A Pelagian or 
Antinomian tinge in the heart and understanding 
will communicate itself to the utterance of the heart 
in prayer. " Qualecunque est cor hominis," says 
Erasmus,* "talis est oratio. Qui cor habet terrenum, 
terrena loquitur ; qui cor habet carneum, carnalia loqui- 
tur ; qui diabolum habet in corcle, diabolum loquitur, et 
eum aliis afflat," — There is good reason to believe, that 
heretical or enthusiastic opinions may be more effectu- 
ally propagated, by men of ordinary powers, in prayer, 
than in sermons, and indeed, that they are, as matter of 
fact, more generally prayed than preached into repute. 



* Ecclesiast^s, Lib. I. 



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The mind of the hearer is subdued by an appearance of 
high devotional fervor, — he cannot coolly sit in judgment, 
when earned, as in prayer, directly into the presence of 
the Judge of all, and he therefore receives, with imper- 
fect discrimination, all that comes, the piety and the 
fanaticism, the truth and the heresy. It cannot be told 
how much we owe to our scriptural and evangelical 
Liturgy, — which is the same, whosoever reads it, and in 
every age, — in keeping us right, or bringing us back when 
we have departed from the simple truth in Jesus Christ. 
It defends us from the errors, which unsound teachers 
might propagate in their prayers, and it refutes the here- 
sies of then* sermons. The experience of the Christian 
world has demonstrated, again and again, that creeds can 
do little in preserving religious truth. But when the 
truths of religion are interwoven with our offices of de- 
votion, and our creed is contained in our prayers, and 
they are fixed, we are subjected to an influence, which, 
though gentle, is, through the blessing of God, powerful 
in its influence, to draw us into the right way. The 
teachings of the Liturgy come in a favorable time, and 
gently form the mind, softened by reverence of the 
divine presence, into all the lineaments of heavenly 
truth. 

It is not the purpose of the author to make, in this 
place, a defence of the Liturgy, but to show, by the view 
here given, the necessity of a just and scriptural inter- 
pretation of it, and to vindicate the design of his little 
work. Of its execution, others must judge. Should it 
meet with favor, and in the judgment of others promise 



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to be useful, he will attempt the illustration of other 
parts of the prayer book, in a similar way. 

Hanover, JV. H., July 20, 1835. 



THE ORDER FOR DAILY 

MORNING- AND EVENING- PRAYER* 



The Minister shall begin the Morning' [and Evening] prayer, by reading 1 one or more of the 
following sentences of Scripture.* 



The Lord is in his 
holy temple ; let all the 
earth keep silence before 
him. Hob. 2 : 20. 

From the rising of 
the sun even unto the 
going down of the same 
my name shall be great 
among the Gentiles ; and 
in every place incense 
shall be offered unto my 
name and a pure offer- 
ing ; for my name shall 
be great among the 
heathen, saith the Lord 
of hosts. Mai 1:11. 

Let the words of my 
mouth, and the medita- 
tions of my heart, be 
always acceptable in 
thy sight, O Lord, my 
Strength and my Re- 
deemer. Ps. 19 : 14. 



Almighty Lord of Lords, and 
King of Kings, give me a deep 
sense of thy presence, and help me 
to worship thee with reverence 
and godly fear. Let every vain 
imagination and every worldly 
thought be silenced, that I may 
serve thee without distraction, and 
mercifully assist me to offer to 
thee the incense of a pure heart, 
and to magnify thy name, with my 
lips in the praises of thy house, 
and at all times by obedience to 
thy commands. Grant this, I be- 
seech thee, through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord.t 



Almighty God, the preparation 
of the heart, and the answer of the 
tongue are from thee. Let, I be- 
seech thee, the meditations of my 
heart and the words of my mouth, 
be acceptable in thy sight, through 
Jesus Christ, my Strength and my 
Redeemer. 



* See Note A, at the end of the volume, on the Sentences and Preparation 
for Worship. 

f The sentences are here turned into prayers, for the private use of wor- 
shippers upon their entrance into church. See Note A, just referred to. 



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When the wicked 
roan turneth away from 
his wickedness, that he 
hath committed, and 
doeth that which is law- 
ful and right, he shall 
save his soul alive. Ezek. 
18:27. 



I acknowledge my 
trans gressions ; and my 
sin is ever before me. 
Ps. 51 : 3. 

Hide thy face from 
my sins ; and blot oat 
all mine iniquities. Ps. 
51:9. 



The sacrifices of God 
are a broken spirit: a 
broken and a contrite 
heart, O God, thou wilt 
not despise. Ps. 51 : 17. 

Rend your heart and 
not your garment, and 
turn unto the Lord your 
God ; for he is gracious 
and merciful, slow to 
anger and of great kind- 
ness, and repenteth him 
of the evil. Joel 2 : 13. 



Most gracious God, give me 
grace to turn from all the wicked- 
ness which I have committed by 
thought, word and deed, against 
thy divine Majesty, and henceforth 
to walk in the ways of thy laws 
and in the works of thy command- 
ments. Here in the worship of thy 
house, I beseech thee to meet me 
with supplies of spiritual strength, 
and to quicken me to newness of 
life, through him, who is the 
resurrection and the life, thy Son, 
Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

Almighty God, 1 do not come 
to thy house trusting for acceptance 
before thee, in my own righteous- 
ness, but in thy manifold and 
great mercies. I acknowledge my 
transgressions, and my sin is ever 
before me. Hide thy face from 
my sins, I beseech thee, and blot 
out all mine iniquities. Lift up thy 
countenance upon me, and send 
me help from thy sanctuary, 
through him who is the propitia- 
tion for the sins of all men, thy 
Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

O God, and merciful Father, who 
despisest not the sighings of a con- 
trite heart, mercifully assist me in 
the offerings which I now make 
unto thee. Create and make in 
me a new and contrite heart, that 
worthily lamenting my sins, and 
acknowledging my wretchedness, 
I may obtain of thee, who art 
gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger and of great kindness, per- 
fect remission and forgiveness, 
through my only Mediator and 
Advocate, Jesus Christ, our Lord. 



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To the Lord our God 
belong mercies and for- 
givenesses, though we 
have rebelled against 
him ; neither have we 
obeyed the voice of the 
Lord our God, to walk 
in his laws, which he set 
before us. Dan. 9:9, 10. 

O Lord, correct me, 
but with judgment ; not 
in thine anger, lest thou 
bring me to nothing. 
Jer. 10:24. Ps. 6 : 1. 

Repent ye, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. St. Matt. 3:2. 



I will arise and go to 
my Father, and will say 
unto him : Father, I have 
sinned against heaven 
and before thee, and am 
no more worthy to be 
called thy son. St. Luke 
15 : 18, 19. 

Enter not into judg- 
ment with thy servant, 
O Lord, for in thy sight 
shall no man living be 
justified. Ps. 143:2. 



Most gracious God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, blessed 
be thy name, that, although I have 
rebelled against thee, and have not 
obeyed thy voice to walk in the 
laws, which thou hast set before 
me, I may yet venture to draw 
near to thee, for to thee belong 
mercies and forgivenesses, I be- 
seech thee, correct me with judg- 
ment ; not in thine anger, lest thou 
bring me to nothing. Create in 
me a clean heart, and here in this 
holy temple, let me find the joy of 
thy salvation, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

Almighty God, give me that 
repentance which is unto life. 
Turn me and I shall be turned ; 
and prepare me by the life-giving 
influences of thy Holy Spirit to 
serve thee truly in thy holy Church 
here on earth , and hereafter among 
the redeemed in heaven, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be 
glory forever. 

Most merciful God and Father, 
I have sinned against thee, and am 
no more worthy to be called thy 
son. But of thy great mercy 
admit me, I beseech thee, to a 
humble place in thy house, and 
feed me with the bread which 
came down from heaven, that I 
may eat thereof and not die. Mer- 
cifully hear me, for Christ's sake. 

O Lord, enter not into judgment 
with thy servant, for in thy sight 
shall no man living be justified. 
I confess my sins, and 1 beseech 
thee, who art faithful and just to 
forgive the sins of such as confess 



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If we say, that we 
have no sin, we deceive 
ourselves, and the truth 
is not in us ; but if we 
confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to for- 
give us our sins, and to 
cleanse us from all un- 
righteousness. 1 John 
1 : 8, 9. 



and forsake them, to forgive my sins 
and to cleanse me from all unright- 
eousness. Hear me, gracious God 
and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ ; create in me a clean heart 
and make me an acceptable wor- 
shipper in thy holy temple, through 
him, who died for us and rose 
again, thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus 
Christ. 



Then the Minister shall say, 



Dearly beloved breth- 
ren, 

the Scripture moveth 
us, in sundry places, to 
acknowledge and con- 
fess* 



our manifold sins and 
wickedness, 



and that we should not 
dissemble 

nor cloak them 



Phil. 4:1. Therefore my brethren, 
dearly beloved, fyc. 

Ps. 32 : 5. I acknoicledge my sin 
unto thee, and mine iniquity have 
I not hid. I said, I will confess 
my transgressions unto the Lord, 
and thou forgavest the iniquity of 
my sin. 

1 John 1 : 8, 9. If we say that 
we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us ; 
but if we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 

Amos 5 : 12. For I know your 
manifold transgressions and your 
mighty sins. 

Job 13 :23. Hoio many are mine 
iniquities and sins! 

Josh. 7:11. Israel hath sinned, 
and they have also transgressed 
my covenant, and have dissembled 
also. 

John 15 : 22. But now they have 
no cloak for their sins. 

Prov. 28 : 13. He that cover eth 



* " Nothing is to be gotten from God by standing on our innocency. The 
way is, to confess our faults." — Comber. 



: 



before the face of Al 
mighty God, 

our heavenly Father, 

but confess them 
with an humble, 

lowly, 
penitent, 

and obedient heart 
2 * 



his sins, shall not prosper : but 
whoso confesseth and forsaketh 
them, shall find mercy. 

Lam. 2 : 19. Pour out thine heart 
like water before the face of the 
Lord. 

2 dir. 7 : 14. If my people, which 
are called by my name, shall hum- 
ble themselves, and pray, and seek 
my face, and turn from their wicked 
ways, then will I hear from heaven, 
and will forgive their sins. 

Matt. 6 : 26. And yet your 
heavenly Father feedeth them. 

[See above.] 

Matt. 18 : 4. Whosoever there- 
fore shall humble himself as this 
little child, the same is greatest in 
the kingdom of heaven. 

James 4 : 10. Humble yourselves 
therefore in the sight of God, and 
he shall lift you up. 

Ps. 138:6. Though the Lord be 
high, yet hath he respect unto the 
lowly. 

Prov. 3 : 34. He giveth grace 
unto the loioly. 

Luke 13 : 3. Except ye repent, 
ye shall all likewise perish. 

Acts 5: 31. Him hath God ex- 
alted to give repentance to Israel, 
and forgiveness of sins. 

1 Sam. 15 : 22. Behold to obey is 
better than sacrifice. 

Rom. 6 : 17. But God be thanked, 
that ye were the servants of sin, 
but ye have obeyed from the heart, 
that form of doctrine which was 
delivered you. 

Eph. 6 : 6. Not with eye-service 
as men pleasers, but as the servants 



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to the end, that we may 
obtain forgiveness of the 
same, 



by his infinite goodness 
and mercy. 



And although, we ought 
at all times numbly to 
acknowledge our sins 
before God, 

yet ought we chiefly so 
to do, when we assemble 
and meet together* 



of Christ, doing the will of God 
from the heart. 

1 John 1 : 9. If we confess our 
sins, he is faithful and just to for- 
give us our sins. 

Eph. 1:7. In whom we have 
redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to 
the riches of his grace. 

Ps. 23:6. Surely goodness and 
mercy shall follow me all the days 
of my life. 

Ps. 103 : 17. The mercy of the 
Lord is from everlasting to ever- 
lasting upon them, that fear him. 

Ps. 51 : 3. I acknowledge my 
transgression and my sin is ever 
before me. 

Ps. 62:8. Trust in him at all 
times ye people; pour out your 
heart before him. 

Ezra 10 : 11. Now therefore make 
confession unto the Lord God of 
your fathers. 

Neh. 9 : 2. And the seed of Israel 
separated themselves from all 
strangers, and stood and confessed 
their si?is } and the iniquities of 
their fathers. 

Lev. 16:21. And Aaron shall 
lay both his hands upon the head 
of the live goat, and confess over 
him all the iniquities of the chil- 
dren of Israel, and all their trans- 
gressions in all their sins.t 



* Here are set forth very distinctly the ^jtncipal parts of public worship, 
confession, thanksgiving, praise, hearing God's word, and supplication. 
The texts collected upon the passage now before us, exhibit confession made 
at public worship. 

f The sin-offerings and trespass-offerings of the Jews implied, and in- 
deed were accompanied, with confession, expressed in these words : " I have 
sinned, I have done iniquity, I have trespassed. I have done thas and thus, 
and do return by repentance before thee, and with this I make atonement." — 
Home's Introd. II. 284. 



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to render thanks for the 
great benefits, that we 
have received at his 
hands, 

to set forth his most 
worthy praise, 



to hear his most holy 
word,* 



[See also the confessions contained 
in the Psalms, the singing or 
reciting of which, has, in every 
age, made a part of the public 
worship of the church. See par- 
ticularly the penitential Psalms, 
6 : 32 : 38 : 51 : 102 : 130 : 143.] 

Ps. 35 : 18. I will give thanks in 
the great congregation. 

Ps. 95 : 2. Let us come before his 
presence ivith thanksgiving. 

Ps. 100 : 4. Enter his gates with 
thanksgiving, and his courts with 
praise. 

Ps. 18 : 3. I will call upon the 
Lord, who is worthy to he praised. 

1 Chr. 29 : 10. Wherefore David 
blessed, the Lord before all the con- 
gregation, and David said, Blessed 
be thou Lord God of Israel, our 
Father , forever and ever. 

Deut. 31 : 11. When all Israel is 
come to appear before the Lord thy 
God, in the place which he shall 
choose, thou shalt read this law 
before all Israel in their hearing. 

Acts 15:21. For Moses of old 
time, hath in every city them that 
preach him, being read in the syn- 
agogues every Sabbath day. 

IThess. 5:27. I charge you by 
the Lord, that this epistle be read, 
unto all the holy brethren. [See 
also, Col. 4 : 16, and Acts 13 : 15. 



* The reading of the word of God, constitutes a very considerable portion 
of the public worship of our church. If it is the sword of the Spirit, (Eph. 
6: 17.) do we read it too much? "There is nothing, (says the excellent 
Homily, on the reading of Holy Scripture,) that more maintaineth godliness 
of mind, and driveth away ungodliness, than doth the continual reading or 
hearing of God's word, if it be joined with a godly mind, and a good affec- 
tion to know and follow God's wilU 



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and to ask those things, 
which are requisite and 
necessary, 



as well for the body, I 



as the soul. 



Acts 1 : 14. These all continued 
with one accord in prayer and sup- 
plication. 

Phil. 4 : 6. Be careful for nothing ; 
but in every thing by prayer and 
supplication, let your requests be 
made known unto God. 

Matt. 6 : 11. Give us this day our 
daily bread 

for domestic prosperity ; Ps. 144: 

for success in our labors; Ps. 94 : 
17. 

for deliverance from danger; 

2 Kings 19 : .20. 
for things convenient for us; 

Prov. 3 : 8, 9. 
for deliverance from affliction ; 

2 Cor. 12:9. 

for restoration of health; Acts 

25 : 8. James 5 : 14, 15. 
for rain ; Jas. 5 : IS. Zach. 10 : 1. 
for rulers , and for public peace. 

1 Tim. 2:2. Ezra 6: 10. 
Ps. 51. Create in me a clean 
heart. O God, and renew a right 
spirit within me 

for the Holy Spirit ; Luke 11 : 13. 

Ps. 51:11. 
for forgiveness of sins ; Luke 11 : 

4. Ps. 51 : 1, &c. 
for the divine favor ; Ps. 51 : 12; 

27:9. 

for religious joy ; Ps. 51 : 8. 

for wisdom; James 1 : 5. 

for increase of faith ; 1 Thess. 

3 : 10. Luke 17 : 5. 

for increase of love; 1 Thess. 
3:12. 

for increase of holiness ; 1 Thess. 
3: 13. 

for Christian boldness : Acts 4 : 24. 
for sanctification. 1 Thess. 5 : 23. 



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Wherefore I pray and 

beseech you, as many as 
are here present, 

to accompany me, with 
a pure heart, 



and humble voice,* 



unto the throne of the 
heavenly grace, saying : 



2 Cor. 5 : 20. We pray you, m 
Christ's stead. 

1 Cor. 4:16. I beseech you, be ye 
followers of me. 

Matt. 5 : 8. Blessed are the pure 
in heart, for they shall see Cod. 

Mai. 1:11. Incense shall be 
offered unto my name, and a pure 
offering. 

Prov. 15 : 8. The sacrifice of the 
wicked is an abomination to the 
Lord ; but the prayer of the upright 
is his delight. 

Ps. 142 : 1. I cried unto the Lord 
with my voice ; with my voice unto 
the Lord, did I make my supplica- 
tion. 

Ps. 9 : 12. He forgetteth not the 
cry of the humble. 

Heb. 6:16. Let us therefore 
come boldly to the throne of grace, 
that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. 



A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all 
kneeling.f 



Almighty 
and most merciful 



Father ; 



Gen. 17: 1. I am the Almighty. 

Ex. 34 : 6. The Lord God, mer- 
ciful and gracious, long-suffering, 
and abundant in goodness and 
truth, keeping mercy for thousands, 
forgiving iniquity, transgression 
and sin. 

Rom. 8:15. For ye have not 
received the spirit of bondage, 
again to fear; but ye have received 
the spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry Abba ! Father ! 



* Humble, but not inaudible. 

| Ps. 95 * 6. O come, let us worship and bow down ; and kneel before the 
Lord our Maker. Acts 21:5. And we kneeled down on the shore and 
prayed. 



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We have erred 

and strayed from thy 
ways like lost sheep. 



We have followed too 
much the devices and 
desires of our own 
hearts. 



We have offended a- 
gainst thy holy laws. 



We have left undone 
those things which we 
ought to have done : 



1 Sam. 26: 21. I have erred ex- 
ceedingly. 

Is. 53 : 6. All we like sheep have 
gone astray ; we have turned every 
one to his own way. 

1 Pet. 2 : 25. For ye were as 
sheep going astray ; but are now 
returned unto the Shepherd and 
Bishop of your souls. 

Pro v. 19 : 21. There are many 
devices in a mans heart, but the 
counsel of the Lord shall stand. 

Jer. 18 : 12, And they said, there 
is no hope : but we will walk after 
our own devices, and we will every 
one do the imagination of his evil 
heart. 

Eph. 2 : 3. Fulfilling the desires 
of the flesh and of the mind. 

James 3 : 2. For in many things 
we offend all. 

Rom. 7 : 12. Wherefore the laic 
is holy, and the commandment 
holy, just and good. 

James 2 : 10. Whosoever shall 
keep the whole law, and yet offend 
in one point, he is sfuilty of all. 

Matt. 23 : 23. These things ought 
ye to have done, and not to leave 
the other undone. 

Matt. 25 : 42. I was an hungered, 
and ye gave me no meat ; I was 
thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 
I was a stranger, and ye took me 
not in ; naked, and ye clothed me 
not; sick, and in prison, and ye 
visited me not.* 



* Most men, when told that they are sinners, are inclined to ask what they 
have done, forgetting the guilt of not doing. A thousand causes which par- 
take not at all of the nature of holiness, may keep us from gross sin, while 
nothing but the love of God can keep us active in the performance of Chris- 
tian duties. Hence, if a man would know how he stands with God, let him 
consider what he has left undone. We see in this passage from Matt. 25, 
that the condemnation of those upon the left hand of the Judge, proceeded 
upon their sins of omission. 



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Matt. 22 : 21. Render to God the 
things that are God's.* 

Matt. 22:37. Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind. 

1 John 5 : 3. This is the love of 
God, that we keep his command- 
ments. 

Acts 5 : 29. We ought to obey 
God rather than man. 

Ps. 119 : 11. Thy word have I 
hid in my heart that 1 might not 
sin against thee. 

Exod. 20 : 3. Thou shalt have no 
other gods before me. 

Matt. 10 : 37. He that loveth father 
or mother more than me, is not 
worthy of me. 

Col. 3 : 5. Covetousness, which is 
idolatry. 

Ex. 20 : 8. Remember the Sab- 
bath day to keep it holy. 

Is. 58:13, If thou turn away thy 
foot from the Sabbath, from doing 
thy pleasure on my holy day ; and 
call the Sabbath a delight, the 
holy of the Lord, honorable j and 
shalt honor him, not doing' thine 
own ways, nor finding thine owji 
pleasure, nor speaking thine own 
words j then shalt thou delight thy- 
self in the Lord, &c. 

Ex. 20:12. Honor thy father 
and thy mother. 

Rom. 12 : 12. Patient in tribula- 
tion. 

1 Thess. 5 : 17. Pray without 
ceasing. 



* In the opinion of many, it is enough to " render to Caesar the things that 
are Caesar's." They think much of their civil and social duties, nothing of 
piety to God. 



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And we have done those 
things which we ought 
not to have done : 



Matt. 23 : 29. Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor as thyself. 

1 John 3 : 17. Whoso hath this 
world's goods, and seeth his brother 
have need, and shutteth his bowels 
of compassion from him ; how 
dwelleth the love of God in him.* 

Matt. 5 : 44. Love your enemies. 

Mark 11 : 25. Forgive, if ye have 
ought against any, that your Fa- 
ther also, which is in heaven, may 
forgive you vour trespasses. 

1 Cor. 13: 4. Charity suffereth 
long and is kind. 

Rom. 12 : 10. In honor preferring 
one another. 

James 3 : 10. My brethren, these 
things ought not so to he. 

Ex. 20 : 7. Thou shalt not take 
the name of the Lord thy God in 
vain. 

Ex. 6 : 13. Thou shalt not kill. 

31att. 5 : 21. 22. Ye have heard that 
it hath been said by them of old 
time, Thou shalt not kill ; but I 
say unto you. whosoever is angry 
with his brother without a cause, 
shall be in danger of the judgment. 

1 John 3 : 17. Whosoever hateth 
his brother is a murderer. 

Ex. 20 : 14. Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery. 

Matt. 5 :28. I sa\- unto you, whoso- 
ever looketh on a woman to lust 
after her, hath committed adultery 
with her already in his heart. 

Ex. 20 : 15. Thou shalt not steal. 

1 Thess. 4:6. Let no man go beyond 
and defraud his brother. 



* And a fortiori, how dwelleth the love of God in him, who can look upon 
the spiritual wants of men, and shut up his bowels of compassion from 
them. 



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Ex. 20 : 16. Thou shalt not bear 
false witness against thy neigh- 
bor. 

James 4: 11. Speak not evil one of 
another, brethren. 

Prov. 26 : 20. Where there is no 
talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 

Ex. 20 : 17. Thou shalt not covet 
thy neighbor's house, thou shalt 
not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor 
his manservant, nor his maidser- 
vant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor 
any thing that is thy neighbor's. 

Rom. 12: 17. Recompense to no 
man evil for evil. 

Rom. 12:21. Be not overcome 
of evil. 

Eph. 4 : 29. Let no corrupt com- 
munication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to 
the use of edifying, that it may 
minister grace to the hearers. 
And there is no health Isa. 1 : 5. The whole head is sick 
in us. # an d w h°l e heart faint. 

Ps. 119:155. Health is far from 
the ungodly. [Psalter.] 
But thou, O Lord, have Ps. 86 : 16. O turn unto me, and 
mercy upon us, miser- have mercy upon me. 
able offenders* Matt. 18 : 13. God he merciful to 

me a sinner. 

Rev. 3 : 17. Wretched, and mis^ 
erable, and poor, and blind, and 
naked. 



* Symptoms of spiritual disease. 1. Decay of spiritual appetite, when 
the soul doth not hunger and thirst after righteousness, and desire the sincere 
milk of the word. 2. An ill digestion, when the word doth not enlighten uSj 
nor prayer spiritualize us, nor sacraments engage us, nor reproof amend us, 
when mercies do not quicken our love, but increase our security, when afflic- 
tions do not bring us to repentance, but fill us with discontent. 3. A languor 
and disability in the faculties of our souls for the discharge of the several 
parts of God's service. 4. A superfluity of humors, as the choler of passion, 
the phlegm of sloth, the sanguine of levity and voluptuousness. — (Abridged 
from Comber.) 

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Spare thou those, O 
God, 

who confess their faults. 
Restore thou* 

those who are penitent : 



Ps. 39 : 13. spare me. that I 
may recover strength, before I go 
hence and be no inoie. 

Pro v. 28 : 13. Whoso confesseth 
and forsaketh his sins, shall find 
mercy. 

Ps, 51 : 12. Restore unto me the 
joy of thy salvation. 

Ps. 23:3. He restoreth my soul, 
he leadeth me in the paths of right- 
eousness for his name's sake. 

Luke 15 : 10. There is joy in the 
presence of the angels of God 
over one sinner that repenteth. 

2 Cor. 7 : 10. 11. Godly sorrow 
worketh repentance to salvation, 
but the sorrow of the world worketh 
death. For behold this selfsame 
thing, that ve sorrowed after a 



jod 



s Dis- 



according to thy prom- 
ises, declared unto man- 
kind, in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. 

And grant, O most mer- 
ciful Father, for his 
sake : 



what carefulness it 
I wrought in you ! yea, what clear- 
ing of yourselves ! yea, what indig- 
I -action I yea. what fear! yea, what 
| vehement desire ! yea, what zeal t 
yea, what revenge ! 

2 Cor. 1 : 20. For all the promises 
. j of God in lam. are yea. and in him 
amen, to the glory of God by us. 



John 14 : 13. Whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do ; 
that the Father may be glorified in 
the Son. 

Eph. 4:32. Be ye kind one to 
another, tender hearted, forgiving 
one another, even as God for 
Christ's sake, hath forgiven you. 



* " If a truly pious man were sure never to smart for sin, by any positive 
evil, the bare privation of the divine love would be intolerable, and its sus- 
pension a grievous burden, and he that truly calls God, Father, will not be 
satisfied without a restoring to his favor, which sin had deprived him of." — 
Comber. 

t Observe here the signs of a "godly sorrow," or true repentance. 



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that we may hereafter 
live a godly, righteous 
and sober life ; 



To the glory of thy holy 
name. 
Amen. 



Titus 2 : 11, 12. For the grace of 
God, which bringeth salvation, hath 
appeared unto all men, teaching 
us, that, denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should live soberly , 
righteously and godly in this pres- 
ent world. 

Col. 1:11. Strengthened with 
all might, according to his glorious 
power. 

1 Pet. 2 : 9. But ye are a chosen 
generation, a royal priesthood, a 
holy nation, a peculiar people, that 
ye should shoto forth the praises of 
him, who hath called you out of 
darkness into his marvellous light. 

John 5:8. Herein is my Father 
glorified, that ye bear much fruit. 



T7 The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins ; to be made by the Priest alone, 

standing', the People still kneeling-. 



Almighty God, the 
Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, 
who desireth not the 
death of a sinner, but 
rather that he turn from 
his wickedness and live, 



hath given power and 
commandment to his 
ministers, to declare and 
pronounce to his people, 
being penitent, the Ab- 
solution, and Remission 
of their sins.* 



Rom. 15 : 6. That ye may with 
one mouth glorify God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Ezek. 33 : 11. Say unto them, as 
I live, saith the Lord, / have no 
pleasure in the death of the icicked, 
but that the wicked turn from his 
ivay and live. 

Rev. 20 :14. And death and hell 
were cast into the lake of fire. 
This is the second death. 

1 Cor. 4:1. Let a man so ac- 
count of us, as of the ministers of 
Christ, and stewards of the myste- 
ries of God. 

2 Cor. 5 : 18—20. And all things 
are of God, who hath reconciled 
us to himself by Jesus Christ, and 



*See note B, at the end of the volume, on the Absolution, 



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He pardoneth and ab- 
solveth all those 



who do truly repent, 



and unfeignedly believe 
his holy gospel. 



Wherefore let us beseech 
him to give us true re- 
pentance,* 



hath given to us the ministry of 
reconciliation ; to wit, that God 
was in Christ reconciling himself 
unto the world, not imputing their 
trespasses unto them, and hath 
committed unto us the word of recon- 
ciliation. Now then, ice are ambas- 
sadors for Christ. 

Luke 10 : 16. He that heareth 
you, hearetli me; and he that des- 
piseth you, despiseth me. 

Luke 24 : 47. That repentance 
and remission of sins should he 
preached among all nations. 

John 20 : 23. "Whose soever sins ye 
remit, they are remitted unto them. 

Isa. 43 : 25. I, even I, am he 
that blotteth out thy transgression. 

Micah 7 : 13. Who is a God like 
unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, 
and passeth by the transgression of 
the remnant of his heritage ? he 
retaineth not his anger forever, 
because he delighteth in mercy. 

Ezek. 14 : 6. Thus saith the 
Lord God, Repent and turn your- 
selves from your idols, and turn 
aicay your faces from all your abom- 
inations. 

Acts 10 : 43. To him give all the 
prophets witness, that, through his 
name, whosoever believeth in him, 
shall receive remission of sins. 

1 Tim. 1:5. Now the end of the 
commandment is charity, out of a 
pure heart, and of a good con- 
science, and of faith unfeigned. 

2 Tim 2:25. If God peradven- 
ture will give them repentance, to 
the acknowledo-ino- of the truth. 



* " We must take heed, that we do in no wise think in our hearts, imagine 
or believe, that we are able to repent aright, or to turn effectually unto the 
Lord, by our own might and strength." — Homily of Repentance, first part. 



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and his* Holy Spirit, Ezek. 36 : 27. And I will put 

my Spirit within you and cause you 
to walk in my statutes. 

John 14 : 16, 17. And I will pray 
the Father and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may 
abide with you forever, even the 
Spirit of truth. 

2 Cor. 1 : 22. Who hath sealed us 
and given the earnest of the Sp>irit 
in our hearts. 

Eph. 1 : 13, 14. In whom also, 
after that ye believed, ye were even 
sealed with that Holy Spirit of 
promise, [i.e. the Comforter,] which 
is the earnest of our inheritance. 

Luke 11 : 13. If ye, then, being 
evil, know how to give good gifts 
unto your children, how much 
more shall your heavenly Father 
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask 
him. 

that those things may Rom. 8 : 8, 9. So then they that 
please him, which we are in the flesh cannot please God ; 
do at this present, But ye are not in the flesh, but in 

the Spirit, if so he that the Spirit of 
God dwell in you. 

Col. 1 : 10. That ye might walk 
worthy of the Lord, unto all pleas- 
ing, being fruitful in every good 

Gal. 5 : 22, But the fruit of the 
Spirit, is love, joy, peace, long-suf- 



* " The Father to create, the Son to redeem, the Holy Ghost to sanctify and 
regenerate. Whereof the last, the more it is hid from our understanding, 
?;he more it ought to move all men to wonder at the secret and mighty work- 
ing of God's Holy Spirit, which is within us. For it is the Holy Ghost and 
\\o other thing, that doth quicken the minds of men, stirring up good and 
godly notions in their hearts, which are agreeable to the will and command- 
ment of God, such as otherwise of their own crooked and perverse nature, 
they should never have." — " O what comfort is this to the heart of a true 
Christian to think, that the Holy Ghost dwelleth within him." — Homily for 
Whitsunday, first part. 

3 * 



and that the rest of our 
life hereafter may be 
pure and holy, 



so that at the last we 
may come to his eternal 

joy 



through Jesus 
our Lord. 



Christ 



fering, gentleness, goodness, faith^ 
meekness, temperance. 

1 John 3 : 3. Every man that 
hath this hope in him purifietk him- 
self even as he is pure. 

Luke 1 : 74, 75. That he would 
grant unto us, that we, being delivi 
ered from our enemies, might serve 
him without fear, in holiness and 
righteousness, before him. all the 
dags of our life. 

1 Pet. 4:3. For the time past of 
our life may suffice us, to have 
wrought the will of the Gentiles. 

Matt. 25:21. Thou hast been 
faithful — enter thou into the joy of 
thy Lord. 

Ps. 16:11. Thou wilt show me 
the path of life ; in thy presence is 
fullness of joy, and at thy right 
hand there are pleasures forever- 
more. 

John 14 : 6. I am the way, the 
truth, and the life ; no man cometh. 
to the Father, but by me. 



The People shall answer here, and at ths end of every Prayer, 



Amen, 



Deut. 27 : 15. All the people 
shall say, Amen. 

1 Cor. 14 : 16. Else, when thou 
shalt bless with the Spirit, how 
shall he that occupieth the room of 
the unlearned, say, Amen. 

Rev. 5 : 14. And the four beasts 
said, Amen* 



* These three quotations show us the practice of the Jewish church, the 
Christian church, and the church in heaven. Sufficient authority to jus-, 
tify ours. 



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Almighty God, our 
Heavenly Father, who 
of his great mercy, 
hath promised forgive- 
ness of sins to all those 
who, with hearty re- 
pentance, 

&nd true faith, 



turn unto him, 



have mercy upon you, 
pardon and deliver you 
from all your sins, 



confirm 



and strengthen you 



TT Or this. 

Eph. 2 : 4. But God, who is rich 
in mercy, for his great love where- 
with lie hath loved us. — 

Jer. 31 : 34. I will forgive their 
iniquity and will remember their sin 
no more* 

Acts 3:19. Rejyent therefore and 
be converted, that your sins may be 
blotted out. 

Luke 5 : 20. And when he saw 
their faith, he said unto him, Man, 
thy sins are forgiven thee. 

Acts 13:39. And by him, all 
that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not be 
justified by the law of Moses. 

Hosea 12:6. Therefore turn thou 
to thy God, keep mercy and judg- 
ment, and wait on thy God con- 
tinually. 

Jer. 26 : 3. If so be they will 
hearken, and turn every man from 
his evil way, that I may repent me 
of the evil, which I purpose to do 
unto them. 

Ps. 51 : 1. Have mercy upon me, 
O Lord, according to thy loving 
kindness ; according to the multi- 
tude of thy tender mercies, blot out 
all my transgressions. 

Ps. 39 : 8. Deliver me from all 
my transgressions. 

1 Cor. 1 : 8. Who shall also con- 
firm you unto the end, that ye may 
be blameless in the day of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Pet. 5 : 10. But the God of all 



* " I can forgive," say some, " but I cannot forget." Wo to us, should 
God make the same distinction. But forgiving, and a disposition to forget, 
ftre the same. If the memory of an injury is cherished, it is not forgiven. 



in all goodness, 

and bring you to ever- 
lasting life, 



through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 
Amen. 



grace, who hath called us unto his 
eternal glory, by Christ Jesus, 
after that ye have suffered awhile, 
make you perfect, stablish, strength- 
en, settle you. 

Eph. 5:9. For the fruit of the 
Spirit is in all goodness, and right- 
eousness and truth. 

Rom. 6 : 22. But now, being 
made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your fruit 
unto holiness, and the end, everlast- 
ing life. 

Rom. 23. For the wages of sin 
is death; but the gift of God is 
eternal life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 



If Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer ; the People still kneeling and 
repeating it with him, both here and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. 

Our Father who art 2 Cor. 6 : 17, 18. I will receive 
in heaven ; y ou > an d will be a Father unto you, 

and ye shall be my sons and 
daughters, saith the Lord Al- 
mighty. 

" In whom we live and move and have our being ; grant 
that I and all Christians may live worthy of this glorious rela- 
tion, and ' that we may not sin, knowing that we are accounted 
thine.' 

" We are thine by adoption; O make us thine by the choice 
of our will."* 

Hallowed be thy name ; 1 Lev. 10:3. I will be sanctified 
! in them that come nigh me. 

" O God, whose name is great, wonderful, and holy, grant 
that I and all thy children may glorify thee, not only with our 
lips, but in our lives ; that others, seeing our good works, may 
glorify our Father, which is in heaven." 



* This paraphrase of the Lord's prayer is from bishop Wilson's Sacra 
Privata. 



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Thy kingdom come ; 



Rev. 11 : 15. The kingdoms of 
this world have become the king- 
doms of our Lord and of his 
Christ 

Luke 17: 21. The kingdom of 
God is within you. 

Rom. 14:17. For the kingdom 
of God is not meat and drink, but 
righteousness and joy and peace in 
the Holy Ghost. 
" May the kingdoms of the world become the kingdoms of 
our Lord and of his Christ. And may all, that own thee for 
their king, become thy faithful subjects, and obey thy laws. 
Dethrone, O God, and destroy Satan and his kingdom ; and 
enlarge the kingdom of thy grace." 



Thy will be done on 
earth as it is in heaven ; 



Ps. 40 : 8. I delight to do thy 
will, O my God; yea, thy law is 
within my heart. 

Ps. 103 : 20. Bless the Lord, ye 
his angels, that excel in strength, 
that do his commandments, heark- 
ening unto the voice of his word, 
" We adore thy goodness, O God, in making thy will known 
to us in this holy word. May this thy word be the rule of our 
will, of our desires, of our lives and actions. May we ever 
sacrifice our will to thine ; be pleased with all thy choices for 
ourselves and others, and adore thy providence in the govern- 
ment of the world." 



Give us this 
daily bread ; 



day our Prov. 30 : 8. Feed me with food 
convenient for me. 

Matt. 4 : 4. Man shall not live 
by bread alone, but by every word 
that proceedeth out of the mouth 
of God. 

John 6 : 35. And Jesus said unto 
them, I am the bread of life : he 
that cometh to me shall never 
hunger ; and he that believeth on 
me shall never thirst. 
11 O Heavenly Father, who knowest what we have need of, 
give us the necessaries and comforts of this life with thy bless- 



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ing : but above all, cfive us the bread that nourisheth to eternal 
life. 

Acts 17:25. God. who giveth to all. life, and breath, and 
all things, give us grace to impart to such as are in "want, of 
what thou hast given mere than our daily bread/' 



And forgive us our tres- 
passes as we forgive 



those who 
gainst us ; 



trespass a- 



Ps. 130 : 3, 4. If thou, Lord, 
shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, 
who shall stand ? But there is 
forgiveness with thee that thou 
mayest be feared. 

Matt. 6 : 14, 15. For if ye forgive 
men their trespasses, your heavenly 
Father will 'also forgive you: but 
if ye forgive not men their tres- 
passes, neither will your heavenly 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

" Make us truly sensible of thy goodness and mercy, and 
patience, towards us, that we may, from our hearts, forgive 
every one his brother, their trespasses. 

" May my enemies ever have place in my prayers and in thy 
mercy." 

1 Cor. 10:13. But God is faith- 
ful, who will not suffer you to be 
tempted above that ye are able ; 
but will, with the temptation also 
make a way to escape, that ye may 
be able to bear it. 

" Support us, O heavenly Father, under all cur saving trials, 
and grant that they may yield us the peaceable fruits of right- 
eousness." 



And lead us not 
temptation ; 



into ' 



But deliver us from evil : 



John 17 : 15. I pray not that thou 
shouldest take them out of the 
world, but that thou shouldest keep 
them from the evil. 

" From all sin and wickedness, from our ghostly enemy, and 
from everlasting death, good Lord, deliver us. 

" Deliver us from the evil of sin, and from the evil of pun- 
isliment. 

" Deliver us, O heavenly Father, from our evil and corrupt 



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nature,— from the temptations and snares of an evil world, 
— and from falling again into the sins we have repented of." 



For thine is the king- 
dom, and the power and 
the glory, forever and 
ever : Amen, 



1 Chron. 29 : 11, 12. Thine, O 
Lord, is the greatness, and the power, 
and the glory, and the victory, and 
the majesty, for all that is in the 
heaven, and in the earth is thine ; 
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and 
thou art exalted as head above all. 
Both riches and honor come of 
thee, and thou reignest over all ; 
and in thine hand is power and 
might, and in thine hand it is to 
make great, and to give strength 
unto all. 

u By thy almighty power, King of heaven, for the glory of 
thy name, and f>r the love of a Father, grant us all these bless- 
ings, which thy Son hath taught us to pray for. 

" Unto him, that is able to do for us abundantly more than 
we can ask or think, unto him be glory in the church, by 
Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen." 



f[ Then shall he likewise say, 



O Lord open thou our 
lips; 

Ans. And our mouth 
shall show forth thy 
praise. 



Ps. 51 : 15. Lordj open thou my 
lips ; 

Ps. 51 : 15. and my mouth shall 
shoio forth thy praise. 

Prov. 16 : 1. The preparation of 
the heart and the answer of the 
tongue, is from the Lord. 



IT Here, all standing up,* the Minister shall say, 

Glory be to the Fa- Ps. 96 : 8. Give unto the Lord the 



ther, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost.f 



glory due unto his name. 

lsa. 6 : 3. And one cried unto 
I another, and said, Holy! holy! 



* " Stand up and bless the Lord your God." Neh. 9 :5. 
f " It is our duty to praise the Father for our creation, the Son for our re- 
demption, and the Holy Ghost for our sanctification." — Comber. 



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Ans. As it was in the 
beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world 
without end.f 



holy! is the Lord of hosts; the 
whole earth is full of his glory. 

Matt. 23 : 19. Baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Phil 4 :20. Now unto God and 
our Father he glory, for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

Heb. 13:20,21. Now the God* 
of peace — make you perfect iff 
every good work to do his wilL- 
working in you that which is well 
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus 
Christ, to whom be glory, for eve? 
and ever. 

2 Pet. 3 : 18. But grow in grace' 
and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be 
glory, both noio and forever. Amen. 

Rev. 1. Unto him that laved us, 
and icashed us from our sins in his 
oicn blood, and hath made us kings 
and priests unto God and his Father ; 
to him be glory and dominion, for- 
ever and ever. Amen. 

1 Pet. 4 : 14. For the Spirit of 
glory and of God* resteth upon 
you. 

Job 38 : 7. When the morning 
stars sang together, and all the sons 
of God shouted for joy. 

Eph. 3 : 21. Unto him be glory in 



* i. e. The glorious Spirit of God. " The Spirit of 'God, worthy of all 
veneration and worship," says Rosenmuller (in loc.) who thus paraphrases 
the passage, although he explains it rather neologically, as meaning ' ; firm- 
ness of mind derived from God." 

f " Omnes tarn orationes quam ohlationes cessabunt in seculo futuro, sed 
oblatio gratiarum nunquam cessabit." — R. D. Kimchi. quoted by Comber. 
Prayers and offerings shall all cease in the future world, but the giving of 
thanks never. — The repeated use of the doxology in our service has been 
objected to. Does not the worship of the angels and saints in glory err in 
the same way ? Is. 6 : 3. Rev. 4 : 8—11 ;— 5: 12—14 ;— 7 : 10—12. We hear of 
little else but doxologies in heaven. 



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the church throughout all ages, world 
toithout end. 

Rev. 1:8. Wliich is, and which 
icas, and which is to come, the Al- 
mighty. 

Rev. 4 : 8. And they rest not day 
and night, saying, Holy ! holy ! 
holy ! Lord God Almighty, which 
was, and is, and is to come. 

Ps. 116 : 19. Praise ye the Lord. 

Rev. 19: 1. I heard a great voice 
of much people, saying, Alleluia, 
[i. e. praise ye Jah or Jehovah] &c. 

Ps. 148 : 13. Let them praise the 
name of the Lord ; for his name 
alone is excellent, his glory is above 
the earth and heaven. 



[Here follow the Psalms, Hymns, &c, proper to the Morning Service.*] 

Then shall be said or sung 1 the following' anthem ; except on those days, for which other 
anthems are appointed ; and except, also, when it is used in the course of the Psalms, 
on the nineteenth day of the month. 

Venite, exult emus Domino. 

[Psalm 95.] 

O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily re- 
joice in the strength of our salvation. 

Let us come before his presence with thanksgivings 
and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

For the Lord is a great God ; and a great King above 
all gods. 

In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; and the 
strength of the hills is his also. 



Min. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

Ans. The Lord's name 
be praised. 



* Thus far the Morning and Evening Services are the same. From this 
point to the Creed, they differ, and we shall keep them separate* 

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The sea is his, and he made it ; and his hands prepared 
the dry land. 

O come, let us worship, and fall down ; and kneel be- 
fore the Lord our Maker. 

For he is the Lord our God ; and we are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 

[Psalm 96 : 9.] 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : let the 
whole earth stand in awe of him. 

[Psalm 95 : 13.] 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth ; and 
with righteousness to judge the world, and the people 
with his truth. 



Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections 
of Psalms set forth by this church : and at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at the 
end of the Tervte, Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictus, Cantale Domino, Bonum est con- 
Jiteri, Dens misereatur, Benedic Anima mea, MAY be said or sunsr the Gloria Patri ; 
and at the end of the whole Portion or Selection of Psalms for the day, SHALL be said or 
ciing - the Gloria Patri, or else the Gloria in Excelsis, as followeth- 

Gloria in Excelsis, 

Luke 2 : 13, 14. And suddenly 
there was with the angel a multi- 
tude of the heavenly host, praising 
God, and saying, Glory to God in 
the highest, and on earth peace, good 
will toward men. 

Ps. 147 • 12. Praise thy God, O 
Zion. 

1 Chron. 29 : 10. Blessed be thou, 
Lord God of Israel, our Father. 

Ps. 96 : 9. O w or ship the Lord in 
the beauty of holiness. 

Rom. 15 : 6. That ye may with 
one mind, and one mouth, glorify 
God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

1 Chron. 29 : 13. Now therefore, 
our God, we thank thee, and praise 
thy glorious name. 



Glory be to God on 
high, and on earth peace, 
good will towards men. 



We praise thee, 
we bless thee, 

we worship thee, 
we glorify thee, 



we give thanks to thee for 
thy great glory, O Lord 
God, heavenly King, 



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God, the Father Al- 
mighty. 

O Lord, the only begot- 
ten Son, Jesus Christ ; 



O Lord God, 



Lamb of God, 



Son of the Father, 

that takest away the sins 
of the world, 

have mercy upon us. 



Thou, that takest away 
the sins of the world, 
have mercy upon us. 
Thou that takest away 



Dan. 4 : 37. Now I Nebuchad- 
nezzar, praise and extol and honor 
the King of heaven. 

Eph. 4 : 6. One God and Father 
of all, who is above all, and through 
all, and in you all. 

1 John 4 : 9. God sent his only 
begotten Son into the world, that 
we might live through him. 

1 Cor. 16 : 23. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

John 1:1. And the Word was 
God. 

Heb. 1:8. Unto the Son he saith, 
u Thy throne, Go d, is for ever and 
ever. 

Rev. 5 : 12. Worthy is the Lamb, 
that was slain, to receive power 
and riches, and wisdom and 
strength, and honor, and glory and 
blessing. 

John 1 : 14. The only begotten of 
the Father. 

John 1 : 29. Behold the Lamb of 
God, which taketh atoay the sin of 
the world. 

Matt. 9 : 27. Thou Son of David, 
have mercy upon us. 

Matt. 28 : 18. And Jesus came 
and spake unto them, saying, Ml 
poicer is given unto me in heaven 
and in earth. 

2 Thess. 2 : 16, 17. Now our 
Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, 
even our Father — comfort your 
hearts, and stablish you in every 
good word and work. 

Heb. 2:17. That he might be 
a merciful and faithful high-priest 
in things pertaining to God. 

1 Cor. 1 : 2. With all that in 



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the sins of the world, 
receive our prayer.* 

Thou, that sittest at the 
right hand of God the 
Father, 

have mercy upou us. 
For thou only art holy ; 



thou only art the Lord ; 



thou only, O Christ, with 
the Holy Ghost, art most 
high, in the glory of 
God the Father.! 
Amen. 



every place call on the name of 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Acts 7:59. Lord Jesus, receive 
my spirit. 

Mark 16 : 19. So then after the 
Lord had spoken unto them, he was 
received up into heaven, and sat 
doicn on the right hand of God. 

1 Tim. 1 : 2. Grace, mercy and 
peace from God the Father and 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Acts 3 : 14. But ye denied the 
holy one and the just. 

Rev. 3 : 7. These things saith he 
that is holy, he that is true, &c. 

Rev. 19 : 16. And he hath on his 
vesture and on his thigh, a name 
written, KING OF KINGS, and 
LORD OF LORDS. 

John 17 : 5. And now, O Father, 
glorify thou me with thine men self 
with the glory which 1 had with thee 
before the world was. 

Matt. 16 : 27. The Son of man 
shall come in the glory of the Fa- 
ther, with his angels. 

Heb. 1:5. But unto which of his 
angels said he at any time, Thou 
art my Son. 



*fi Then shall be read the first lesson, according to the table or calendar : after which shall be 
said or sung the following hymn. 
Note. — That before every lesson, the minister shall say, Here beginneih such a chapter or 
such a verse of such a chapter of such a book; And after every lesson, Here endeth 
the first or the second lesson. 

Te Deum laudamus. 

[Part I. an act of praise.] 

We praise thee, O Prov. 3 : 6, 
Lord, we acknowledge knowledge hi 

thee to be the Lord. _ Ps - 22 : . ~ 3 ; . Ye 
Lord, praise him. 

* The subject of prayer to Christ is more fully discussed under the Litany, 
f " He only with the Holy Ghost is equal to the Father, God blessed for 
ever.' 1 — Comber. 



In all thy ways ac- 
that fear the 



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All the earth doth wor- 
ship thee, the Father 
everlasting. 

To thee all angels cry 
aloud ; the heavens and 
all the powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and 
Seraphim continually do 
cry, 

Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God of Sabaoth. 
Heaven and earth are 
full of the majesty of thy 
glory. 

The glorious company 
of the apostles praise 
thee. 



The goodly fellowship of 
the prophets praise thee. 

The noble army of mar- 
tyrs praise thee. 



[Part 2. a confession of faith.] 

The holy church 
throughout all the world 
doth acknowledge thee. 

4 * 



Ps. 66 : 4. Ml the earth shall wor- 
ship thee and shall sing unto thee ; 
they shall sing unto thyname. 

Is. 9:6. The everlasting Father. 

Rev. 5 : 11, 12. And I beheld, and 
I heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne, and the 
beasts and the elders — saying icith 
a loud voice, &c. 

Is. 6 : 2. Above it stood the Ser- 
aphim : each one had six wings ; 
with twain he covered his face, 
and with twain he covered his feet, 
and with twain he did fly. 

Is. 3. And one cried unto an- 
other, and said, Holy, holy, holy is 
the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is 
full of his glory. 



Ps. 145 : 10. All thy works 
praise thee, O Lord, and thy saints 
shall bless thee. 

Rev. 18 : 20. Rejoice over her 
thou heaven, and ye holy apostles 
and prophets ; &c. 

Luke 13 : 28. When ye shall see 
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all 
the prophets in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Rev. 7 : 14. These are they 
which have come out of great trib- 
ulation, and have washed their 
robes and made them white in the 
blood of the Lamb. 

Rev. 15 : 2. And I saw — them 
that had gotten the victory over 
the beast — stand on the sea of glass, 
having the harps of God. 

Col. 2 : 2, 3. That their hearts 
might be comforted, being knit to- 
gether in love, and unto all riches 
of the full assurance of under- 



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The Father of an infinite 
Majesty ; 

His adorable, true and 
only Son. 



Also the Holy Ghost, 
the Comforter. 

Thou art the King of 
glory, O Christ. 



Thou art the everlasting 
Son of the Father. 



When thou tookest upon 
thee to deliver man, 
thou didst humble thy- 
self to be born of a vir- 
gin- 

When thou hadst over- 
come the sharpness of 
death, thou didst open 



standing, to the acknowledgment of 
the mystery of God, and of the 
Father, and of Christ, in whom are 
hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 

Ps. 145:5. 1 will speak of the 
glorious honor of thy majesty, and 
of thy wondrous works. 

Ex. 3:14. / am that I am. 

John 3 : 16. For God so loved 
the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son. 

Heb. 1 :6. And let all the an- 
gels of God worship him. 

John 14 : 26. But the Comforter, 
ichich is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send in my name, he 
shall teach you all things. 

Ps. 24 : 8. Who is this King of 
glory? The Lord, strong and 
mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

Rev. 17:14. These shall make 
war with the Lamb, and the Lamb 
shall overcome them, for he is the 
Lord of lords, and King of kings. 

Heb. 1:8. To the Son he saith, 
thy throne, O God, is for ever and 
ever. 

Rev. 1 : 17. And he [i. e. the one 
like unto the Son of man, v. 13.] 
laid his right upon me, saying, 
Fear not I am the first and the last. 

Is. 7 : 14. A virgin shall conceive 
and bear a son, and shall call his 
name Immanuel. 

Phil. 2 :7. But made himself of 
no reputation, and took upon him 
the form of a servant, and was 
made in the likeness of men. 

Rev. 3:21. To him that over- 
cometh will I grant to sit with me 
in my throne, even as I also over-* 



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the kingdom of heaven 
to all believers. 



Thou sittest at the right 
hand of God, in the 
glory of the Father, 



We believe that thou 
shalt come to be our 
Judge. 



[Part 3. an actof supplication.] 

We therefore pray 
thee, help thy servants, 
whom thou hast re- 
deemed with thy pre- 
cious blood. 



Make them to be num- 
bered with thy saints, in 
glory everlasting, 



came and am set down with my 
Father in his throne. 

John 14 : 2. In my Father's 
house are many mansions; — I go 
to prepare a place for yon. 

Rev. 3 : 7. These things saith 
he, that is holy, he that is true, he 
that hath the key of David; he 
that openeth and no man shutteth ; 
and shutteth and no man openeth. 

John 3:36. He that believeth on 
the Son hath everlasting life. 

Eph. 1 : 20. Which he wrought 
in Christ, when he raised him 
from the dead, and set him at his 
own right hand in the heavenly 
places. 

John 17:5. And now, O Father, 
glorify thou me icith thine own self, 
with the glory which I had with 
thee, before the world was. 

Rom. 13 : 10. For we shall all 
stand at the judgment seat of Christ. 

2 Tim. 4:1. I charge thee be- 
fore God, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ, toho shall judge the quick 
and the dead at his appearing and 
his kingdom. 

Heb. 7 : 25. Wherefore he is able 
to save them to the uttermost, that 
come unto God by him. 

1 Pet. 1 : 18, 19. Forasmuch as 
ye know, that ye were not re- 
deemed with corruptible things, as 
silver and gold, — but with the pre- 
cious blood of Christ. 

Col. 1 : 12. Giving thanks unto 
the Father, who hath made us meet 
to be partakers of the inheritance of 
the saints in light. 

Col. 3: 4. Wfon Christ, who is 
our life, shall app sar, then shall ye 
also appear wit i .iim in glory. 



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O Lord save thy people 
and bless thine heritage. 

Govern them and lift 
them up forever. 



Day by day we magnify 
thee. 

And we worship thy 
name, ever world with- 
out end. 



Vouchsafe, O Lord, to 
keep us this day with- 
out sin. 



O Lord, have mercy 
upon us, have mercy 
upon us. 

O Lord let thy mercy be 
upon us, as our trust is 
in thee. 

O Lord in thee have I 
trusted, let me never be 
confounded. 



Rev. 22 : 5. The Lord God 
giveth them light, and they shall 
reign for ever and ever. 

Ps. 94 : 5. They break in pieces 
thy people. Lord, and afflict thine 
heritage. 

Matt. 2 : 6. For out of thee shall 
come a governor, and shall rule my 
people Israel. 

Ps. 3 : 3. Bat thou. O Lord, art 
a shield for me ; my glory, and the 
lifter up of my head. 

Ps. 145 : 2. "Everyday will I bless 
thee. 

Rev. 15 : 6. Unto him that loved 
us, and washed us from our sins in 
his own blood, and hath made us 
kings and priests unto God and bis 
Father, to him he glory and domin- 
ion for ever. Amen. 

2 Cor. 12:9. And he said, my 
grace is sufficient for thee ; for my 
strength is made perfect in weak- 
ness. Most gladly will I therefore 
glory in my infirmities, that the 
power of Christ may rest on me. 

-Matt. 20 : 30. Have mercy on us, 

Lord, thou Son of David. 

2 Tim. 1 : 12. I know whom I 
have trusted * and am persuaded 
that he is able to keep that which 

1 have committed unto him against 
that dav. 

1 Pet. 2:6. He that believeth on 
him, shall not be confounded. 



* Mai 



irginal reading. 



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IT Or this Canticle.* 

Benedicite, omnia opero Domini. 

O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and mag- 
nify him forever. 

O ye Waters that are above the firmament, bless ye 
the Lord ; praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and 
magnify him for ever. 

O ye Whiter and Summer, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Nights and Da}^s, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

* This canticle is a paraphrase of the ]48th Psalm. It is contained in the 
Apocrypha, under the title of the Song of the Three Holy Children. It is 
said to have heen very anciently used as a hymn in the Jewish church, and 
early adopted into the public service of the Christian. 



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O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him forever. 

O let the Earth bless the Lord ; yea let it praise him 
and magnify him forever. 

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Green Things upon Earth, bless ye the 
Lord ; praise him and magnify him forever. 

O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord ; praise him and mag- 
nify him for ever. 

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Whales, and aU that move in the Waters, bless 
ye the Lord ; praise him and magnify him forever. 

O all ye Fowls of the Ah', bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord ; praise him 
and magnify him for ever. 

O let Israel bless the Lord ; praise him and magnify 
him for ever. 

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord ; praise 
him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the 
Lord ; praise him and magnify him for ever. 

O ye Holy and Humble Men of Heart, bless ye the 
Lord ; praise him and magnify him forever. 

Then shall be read, in like manner, the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament, 
according to the table or calendar ; and after that the following Psalm. 

Jubilate Deo. 

Psalm 100. 

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands ; serve the Lord 
with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. 
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath 



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made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people and 
the sheep of his pasture. 

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto him, and 
speak good of his name. 

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting ; and 
his truth endureth from generation to generation. 

TT Or this hymn. 

Benedictus. 

St. Luke 1 : 68-71. 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited 
and redeemed his people ; 

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in the 
house of his servant David ; 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which 
have been since the world began ; 

. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from 
the hand of all that hate us. 



[Here follow the Psalms, &c. proper to the Evening Service.*] 

Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed or one of the Selections, 
hs they are set forth by this church, with the Doxology as in the Morning' Service. Then 
Bhall be read the First Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar ; after which shall be 
saiJ or sung the following Psalm, except when it is read in the ordinary course of the 
Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. 

Cantate Domino. 

Psalm 98. 

O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done 
marvellous things. 

With his own righj; hand, and with this holy arm, hath 
he gotten himself the victory. 

The Lord declared his salvation, his righteousness 
hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. 



* What follows, as far as the Creed, belongs to the Evening Service, re- 
sumed from the Responses, following the Lord's prayer, p. 33. 



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He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the 
house of Israel, and all the ends of the world have seen 
the salvation of our God. 

Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands ; 
sing, rejoice and give thanks. 

Praise the Lord upon the harp ; sing to the harp with 
a psalm of thanksgiving. 

With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves 
joyful before the Lord the King. 

Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is, the 
round world and they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap then hands, and let the hills be 
joyful together before the Lord ; for he cometh to judge 
the earth. 

With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the 
people with equity. 

Or this. 

Bonum est conjrteri. 

Psalm 9-2 ; 1—4. 

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and 
to sing praises unto thy name, O Most Highest ; 

To tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning, 
and of thy truth in the night season ; 

Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute ; 
upon a loud instrument and upon the harp. 

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works ; 
and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of 
thy hands. 

U Then a Lesson of the Neio Testament, as it is appointed ; and, after that, shall be said or 
sung this Psalm, except on the twelfth day of the month. 

Deus miser eaiur. 

Psalm 67. 

God be merciful unto us and bless us, and show us the 
light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. 

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving 
health among all nations. 



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Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea let all the 
people praise thee. 

O let the nations rejoice and be glad ; for thou shalt 
judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon 
earth. 

Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea let all the 
people praise thee. 

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase ; and 
God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 

God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth shall 
fear him. 

If Or this. 

Benedic, Anima mea. 

Psalm 103 : 1—4, 20—22. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul ; and all that is within me 
praise his holy name. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all hi& 

benefits ; 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine 
infirmities ; 

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth 
thee with mercy and loving kindness. 

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in 
strength ; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken 
unto the voice of his word. 

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye servants of his 
that do his pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all 
places of his dominion. Praise thou the Lord, O my 
soul. 

[End of the Psalms, &c. of the Evening Service.*] 



* Here the services again unite. 

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ft Tbea shall be said the Apostles' OreeA* by the Minister and the peonle, standing : And 
any churches may omit the words, He descended into hell, or use, instead of them, the 
words, He went into the place of departed spirits, which are considered as words ot the 
same meaning in the Creed. 

| 1 Cor. 8:6. To us there is but 

i one God, the Father, of whom are 
all things. 

Gen. 1:1. In the beginning God 
created the heaven and the earth. 

John 14: 1. Ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. 

John 20:31. But these things 
are written that ye might believe 
that Jesus is the Christ the Son of 
God. 

Acts 10 : 36. Preaching peace by 
Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all.) 

1 Cor. 1 : 2. The name of Jesus 
Christ our Lord, both theirs and 
ours. 

Matt. 1 : 20. Fear not to take 
unto thee Mary, thy wife, for that 
which is conceived in her is of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Luke 1 : '27. And the virgin's 
name icas Mary. 

Luke 15:lo. And so Pilate, 
willing to content the people, re- 
leased Barabbas unto them, and 
delivered Jesus, when he had 
scourged him, to be crucified. 

Heb. 13: 12. Wherefore Jesus 
also, that he might sanctify the 
people with his own blood, suffered 
without the gate. 

Matt. 27 : 35. And they crucified 
him. 

Matt. 50. And Jesus, when he 
had cried again with a loud voice, 
yielded up the Ghost. 



I believe in God the 
Father Almighty, Maker 
of heaven and earth ; 

And in Jesus Christ, 
his only Son, 

our Lord ; 



Who was conceived by 
the Holy Ghost, 

Born of the virgin Mary, 

Suffered under Pontius 
Pilate, 



Was crucified, 
dead and buried ; 



* A proper preface to the prayers following. " He that comcth to God, 
must believe that he is, and that he is areicardtr of all thuse.icho diligently 
seek him." Heb. 11 : 6. 



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He descended into hell ; # 

The third day he rose 
from the dead ; 



He ascended into hea- 
ven ; 

and sitteth on the right 
hand of God the Father 
Almighty ; 

From thence he shall 
come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 



I believe in the Holy 
Ghost ;f 

The Holy Catholic}: 
Church ; 



1 Cor. 15 : 3. 4. For I delivered 

to you that which I also received, 
how that Christ died for our sins, 
according to the Scriptures, and 
that lie teas buried. 

Acts 2 : 27. Thou wilt not leave 
my soul in hell. 

Acts 10 : 40. Him God raised up 
the third day, and showed him 
openly unto witnesses chosen be- 
fore of God, even unto us, who did 
eat and drink with him after he 
rose from the dead. 

Luke 24 : 51. It came to pass, 
while he blessed them, that he was 
parted from them and carried up 
into heaven. 

Heb. 10:12. But this [man] 
after he had offered one sacrifice 
for sin, forever sat down on the light 
hand of God. 

Matt. 16 : 27. _ For the Son of 
man shall come in the glory of his 
Father with his angels, and then 
shall he reward every man accord- 
ing to his works. 

Acts 10 : 42. Aad he commanded 
us to preach unto the people, and 
to testify, that it is he, which was 
ordained of God, to he the judge of 
quick and dead. 

1 Cor. 3 : 13. Know ye not that 
ye are the temple of the Holy 
Ghost, and that the Spirit of God 
dwelleth in you ? 

1 Cor. 12 : 13. For by one Spirit 
we are all baptized into one body. 

Eph. 4 : 3 — 5. Endeavoring to 
keep the unity of the Spirit in the 



* See Note C, at the end of the volume, on the Descent to Hell. 
f On this article, see note to the third petition in the Litany. 
\ i. e universal. 



The 
saints ; 



communion 



The forgiveness of sins 



The resurrection of the 
bodv ; 



and the life everlasting, 



j bond of peace. There is one body 
and one spirit, even as ye are 
i called in one hope of your calling, 
of I 1 John 1:7. If we walk in the 
liofht. we have fellowship one with 
another. 

Col. 2: 19. Holding the head, 
from which all the body by joints 
and bands, having nourishment 
ministered and knit together, in- 
crease th with the increase of God. 

Eph. 1 : 7. In whom we have 
| redemption through his blood, the 
forgiveness of sins, according to 
I the riches of his grace. 

Rom. 6 : 11. He that raised up 
Christ from the dead, shall also 
quicken our mortal bodies. 

1 Cor. 15 : 53. For this corrupti- 
ble [sc body] must put on incorrup- 
tion. and this mortal [sc body] must 
put on immortality. 

Rom. 6 : 22. But now, being 
freed from sin, and become servants 
to God, ye have your fruit unto 
holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

1 Tim. 1 : 16 — believe on him to 
life everlasting. 



I believe in one God. 
the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and 
earth, and of all things 
visible and invisible : 

And in one Lord Jesus 
Christ, 

the only begotten Son of 
God, 



A Or this. 

Co], 1 : 16. For by him were all 
' things created that are in heaven, 
and that are in earth, visible and 
invisible. 

1 Cor. S : 6. To us there is but 
one God, the Father, of whom are 
all things, and we in him ; 

1 Cor. 8 : 6. and one Lord Jesiis 
Christ, by whom are all things, and 
we by him. 

1 John 4 : 9. God sent his only 
begotten Son into the world. 



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begotten of his Father 
before all worlds ; 

God of God, 
Light of Light, 



very God of very God, 



begotten, not made, 



being of one substance 
with the Father ; 

by whom all things were 
made ; 

who for us men and for 
our salvation, 

came down from heaven, 



Col. 1 : 17. He is before all things, 
and by him all things consist. 

John 1:1. The vwrd was God. 
John 1 : 14. Begotten of the Fa- 
ther. 

1 John 1:5. God is Light, and in 
him is no darkness at all. 

Acts 13:47. I have set thee 
[Christ] to be a Light of the Gen- 
tiles, &c. 

Heb. 1 : 3. The brightness of his 
glory, and the express image of his 
person. 

Rom. 9 : 5. Of whom, as concern- 
ing the flesh, Christ came, who is 
over all, God blessed for ever. 

1 John 5 : 20. This is the true 
God and eternal life. 

John 1 : 14, 18 ;— 3 : 16, &c. Be- 
gotten, only begotten. 

Heb. 3 : 3, 4. For this man was 
counted worthy of more glory than 
Moses, inasmuch as he, who hath 
builded the house, hath more honor 
than the house. For every house is 
builded by some [man],* but he 
that built all things is God. 

John 10 : 30. I and my Father 
are one. 

John 1 : 14 — begotten — 

John 1 : 3. All things were made 
by him, and without him was not 
any thing made that was made. 

Heb. 5 : 9. He became the author 
of eternal salvation to all them that 
obey him. 

John 3 : 13. He that came down 
from heaven, even the Son of man 
which is in heaven. 



* Man, not in the Greek, — " some," i. e. somebody— every thing made hath 
some maker. 

5 * 



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and was incarnate by 
the Holy Ghost of the 
virgin Mary, 



and was made man, 



and was crucified for us 
under Pontius Pilate. 
He suffered, 



and was buried, and the 
third day he rose again 
according to the Scrip- 
tures, and aseended into 
heaven, and sitteth on 
the right hand of the 
Father ; and he shall 
come again with glory 
to judge both the quick 
and the dead, 

whose kingdom shall 
have no end. 

I believe in the Holy 
Ghost, the Lord and 
giver of life, 



John 1 : 14. The word was made 
flesh, &c. 

Matt. 1 : 20. Fear not to take 
unto thee Mary thy wife [betrothed] 
for that which is conceived in her 
is of the Holy Ghost. 

Heb.'2:14. Forasmuch then as 
the children are partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also took part of the 
same, that through death he might 
destroy him that had the power of 
death, that is the devil. 

1 Tim. 2:5. One Mediator be- 
tween God and man, the man 
Christ Jesus. 

1 Cor. 5 : 7. Christ our passovei 
is sacrificed for us. 

Matt. 27 : "2. And delivered him 
to Pontius Pilate the governor. 

1 Pet. 3 : 13. For Christ also hath 
once suffered for sins, the just for 
the unjust, that he might bring us 
to God. 



[See the former Creed.] 



Luke 1 : 33. Of his kingdom 
there shall be no end. 

Ps. 104 : 30. Thou sendest forth 
thy Spirit, and they are created. 

John 3 : 6. That which is born 
of the Spirit, is spirit. 

Gal. 5 • 25. If we live in the 



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who proceedeth from 
the Father, 



and the Son ; 



who with the Father 
and the Son together is 
worshipped and glori- 
fied, 

who spake by the pro- 
phets. 



And I believe in one 
Catholic and apostolic 
church. 

I acknowledge one Bap- 
tism for the remission of 



And I look for the resur- 
rection of the dead, and 
the life of the world to 
come. Amen. 



Spirit, let us also walk in the 
Spirit. 

Tit. 3 : 5. Reneiving of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Luke 11 : 13. How much more 
shall your heavenly Father give 
the Holy Spirit to them, that ask 
him. 

John 14 : 16. The Comforter^ 
which is the Holy Ghost, tchom the 
Father icill send in my name. 

John 16:7. / will send him unto 
you. 

Matt. 3:11. He [Christ] shall 
baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 

Acts 2 : 33. He hath shed forth 
this which ve now see and hear. 

2 Cor. 13 : 14. The grace of cur 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the 
Holy Ghost, be icith you all. 

Acts 27 : 25. Well spake the 
Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet. 

2 Pet. 1:21. Holy men of old 
spake as they icere moved by the 
Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. 12 : 13. For by one Spirit 
are we all baptized into one body. 

Eph. 4 :5. One baptism. 

Acts 2:38. Repent and be bap- 
tized every one of you, in the 
name of Jesus Christ, for the re- 
mission of sins. 

John 5 : 28, 29. The hour is 
coming, in the which all that are 
in the graves shall hear his voice, 
and shall come forth ; they that 
have done good unto the resurrec- 
tion of life, and they that have 
done evil unto the resurrection of 
damnation. 



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And after that, these prayers following 1 , all devoutly kneeling- ; the minister first pro- 
nouncing-, 



The Lord be with you. 

Ans. And with thy 
spirit. 

f[ Mm. Let us pray. 

O Lord, show thy 
mercy upon us ; 

Ans. And grant us 
thy salvation. 

O God, make clean 
our hearts within us. 

Ans. And take not thy 
Holy Spirit from us. 



2 Thess. 3 : 16. The Lord be 
with you all. 

2 Tim. 4:22. The Lord Jesus 
Christ be vrith thy spirit. 



Ps. 85 : 7. Show us thy mercy, 
Lord ; 

Ps. 85 : 7. and grant us thy sal- 
vation. 

Ps. 51 : 10. Create in me a clean 
heart, God ; 

Ps. 51 : 10. and take not thy holy 
Spirit from us. 

Rom. 8 : 26. Likewise the Spirit 
also helpeth our infirmities; for we 
know not what we should pray for 
as we ought, but the Spirit itself 
maketh intercession for us, with 
groanings which cannot be uttered. 

Eph. 6 : 18. Praying always w T ith 
all prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit. 



[The two following Collects belong to Morning Prayer. ] 



ff Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except when the communion service is read ; and 
then the Collect for the day thall be omitted heie. 

TT A Collect for Peace. 

O God, who art the 
author of peace and 
lover of concord, 
in knowledge of whom 
standeth our eternal life. 



whose service is perfect 
freedom ; 



1 Cor. 13 : 33. God is not the au- 
thor of confusion, but of peace. 

John 17 : 3. And this is life eter- 
nal, that they might know thee, the 
only true God, and Jesus Christ, 
whom thou hast sent. 

John 8 : 33. And the truth shall 
make you free. 

Rom. 6 : 22. But now beincr 



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defend us thy humble 
servants, in all assaults 
of our enemies, 

that we, surely trusting 

in thy defence, 

may not fear the power 

of any adversaries, 

through the might of 

Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen. 

IT A Collect for Grace. 

O Lord, our heavenly 
Father, Almighty and 
everlasting God, who 
hast safely brought us to 
the beginning of this 
day; 

defend us in the same 
with thy mighty power, 



and grant that this day 
we fall into no sin, 



neither run into 
kind of danger, 



any 



made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your fruit 
unto holiness, and the end everlast- 
ing life. 

Luke 1 : 74. That he would 
grant unto us, that we, being de- 
livered out of the hand of our 
enemies, might serve him without 
fear. 

Ps. 7 : 19. My defence is of God. 

Phil. 1 : 28. In nothing terrified 
by your adversaries. 

Phil 4:13. I can do all things 
through Christ which strengthened 



Ps. 3:5. I laid me down and 
slept ; / awaked, for the Lord sus- 
tained me. 



Ps. 91 : 9, 10. Because thou hast 
made the Lord, which is my ref- 
uge, even the most High thy hab- 
itation; there shall no evil befall 
thee, neither shall any plague 
come nigh thy dwelling. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of 
temptations. 

Jer. 10 : 23. It is not in man, that 
walketh, to direct his steps. 

Ps. 121 : 7, 8. The Lord shall 
preserve thee from all evil ; he shall 
preserve thy soul. The Lord shall 
preserve thy going out and thy 
coming in, from this time forth and 
for evermore, 



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but that all our doings, 
being ordered by thy 
governance, may be 
righteous in thy sight, 
through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 
Amen. 



Ps. 37 : '23. The steps of a good 
man are ordered by the Lord. 

Heb. 13: 20, 21. Now the God 
of peace, that brought again from 
the dead our Lord Jesus, that great 
Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, 
make you perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in you 
that which is icell pleasing in his 
sight, through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory for ever. Amen. 



[The two following Collects belong to Evening Prayer.] 



f Then shall be said the Collect fcr the day : and after that the Collects and Prayers 
following. 



Tf A Collect for Peace. 

O God, from whom 
all holy desires, all good 
counsels, and all just 
works do proceed ; 



give unto thy servants 
that peace which the 
world cannot give ; 



that our hearts may 
set to obey thy cc 
mandments, 



be 



and also that by thee, we 
being defended from the 



Phil. 2 : 13. For it is God that 
worketh in you both to will and to 
do of his good pleasure. 

John 6 : 44. No man can come 
to me, except the Father, which 
hath sent me, draw him. 

Heb. 13 : 20, 21, Now the God 
of peace — make you perfect in every 
good work. 

John 14 : 27. Peace I leave with 
you, my peace I give unto you ; not 
as the world giveth give I unto 
you. 

Phil 4 : 7. And the peace of God, 
which passeth all understanding, 

Phil. 4 : 7. — shall keep your hearts 
and minds through Christ Jesus. 

Prov. 3:1. Let thine heart keep 
my commandments. 

Prov. 23. Keep thy heart with 
all diligence, for out of it are the 
issues of life. 

Isa. 3.2 : 17. And the icork of 
righteousness shall be peace, and the 



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fear of our enemies, may 
pass our time in rest and 
quietness, 

through the merits of 
Jesus Christ, our Sa- 
viour. J] men. 

fT A Collect for Aid against Perils. 

O God, our heavenly 
Father, by whose al- 
mighty power, we have 
been preserved this day ; 



by thy great mercy de- 
fend us from all perils 
and dangers of this 
night, 



for the love of thy only 
Son, our Saviour, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 



effect of righteousness quietness and 
assurance for ever. 

Isa. 54 : 13. And great shall be 
the peace of thy children. 

Tit. 3 : 6. Which he shed on us 
abundantly, through Jesus Christ 
our Saviour. 



Acts 17 : 28. In him we live and 
move and have our being. 

Job 12 : 10. In whose hand is the 
soul of every living thing, and the 
breath of all mankind. 

Ps. 66 : 9. Who holdeth our soul 
in life, and suffereth not our feet 
to be moved. 

Ps. 91 : 5. Thou shalt not be 
afraid for the terror by night. 

Ps. 34 : 7. The angel of the 
Lord encampeth round about them 
that fear him, and delivereth them. 

Ps 4:8. I will both lay me 
down in peace and sleep, for thou, 
Lord, only, makest me to dwell in 
safety. 

John 17 : 26. That the love, 
wherewith thou hast loved me, 
may be in them. 



[The Prayers which follow, are common to both the Morning and Evening 
Prayer.] 



IT A Prayer for the President of the 
United States and all in Civil Au- 
thority. 

O Lord, our heavenly 
Father, the high and 
mighty Ruler of the 
universe, 

who dost from thy 



Dan. 4 : 17. Know that the 
Most High ruleth in the kingdoms 
of men. 

Prov. 8 : 15. By me kings reign, 
and princes decree justice. 

Ps. 33 : 13. The Lord looketh 



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throne, behold all the 
dwellers upon earth, 
most heartily we beseech 
thee, with thy favor, to 
behold and bless thy 
servant, the president of 
the United States, and all 
others in authority, 

and so replenish them 
with the grace of thy 
holy Spirit, that they 
may always incline to 
thy will and walk in thy 
ways; 



Endue them plenteously 
with heavenly gifts, 



grant them in health and 
prosperity long to live, 
and finally after this life 
to attain everlasting joy 
and felicity through Je- 
sus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

A Prayer for the Clergy and People. 

Almighty and ever- 
lasting God, from whom 



from heaven and beholdeth all the 
so?is of men. 

1 Tim. 2:1,2. I exhort therefore 
that first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving 
of thanks, be made for all men, for 
kings and for all that are in author- 
ity, that we may lead quiet and 
peaceable lives, in all godliness and 
honesty. 

Prov. 21 : 1. The king's heart is 
in the hand of the Lord; as the 
rivers of water, he turneth it 
whithersoever he will. 

1 Kings 3 : 14. If thou wilt walk 
in my ways to keep my statutes and 
commandments, as thy Father Da- 
vid did walk, then will I lengthen 
thy days. 

Isa. 3 : 12. O my people, they 
which lead thee cause thee to err, 
and destroy the way of thy paths.* 

1 Kings 3:9. Give therefore to 
thy servant an understanding heart , 
to judge thy people, that I may 
discern between good and bad ; for 
who is able to judge this thy so 
great a people ? 

1 Kings 3 : 14 — then I will length- 
en thy days. 

Isa. 35 : 10. And the ransomed 
of the Lord shall come to Zion 
with songs and everlasting joy upon 
their heads. 



James 1 : 17. Every good and 
perfect gift is from above, and com- 



* How important then to pray for rulers — not only, " that we may lead 
quiet and peaceable lives," but that the people be not corrupted through their 
evil example. 



cometh every good and 
perfect gift, 

send down upon our 
bishops and other clergy, 



and upon the congrega- 
tions 



committed 
charge 



to their 



eth down from the Father of 
lights. 

Ps. 132 : 9. Let thy priests be 
clothed with righteousness. 

2 Thess. 3:1. Brethren, pray for 
us, that the word of the Lord may 
have free course and be glorified, 
even as it is with you. 

Eph. 6 : 20. And for me, that 
utterance may be given unto me, 
that 1 may open my mouth boldly, 
to make known the mysteries of 
the gospel. 

2 Cor. 1:11. Ye also helping 
together by prayer for us, that for 
the gift bestowed upon us by the 
means of many persons , thanks 
may be given by many on our be- 
half. 

Col. 1 : 9 — 11. For this cause we 
also, since we heard it, do not 
cease to pray for you, and to de- 
sire that ye might be filled with 
the knowledge of his will, in all 
wisdom and spiritual understand- 
ing ; that ye might walk worthy of 
the Lord, unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and 
increasing in the knowledge of 
God ; strengthened with all might, 
according to his glorious power, 
unto all patience and long suffering 
with joyfulness. [See also Phil. 
1:9—11, and 1 Thess. 5 : 23, &c] 
1 Tim. 1 : 18. This charge I com- 
mit to thee, son Timothy. 

Acts 20 : 28. Take heed therefore 
I unto yourselves, and to all the flock, 
I over the which the Holy Ghost 
I hath made you overseers. 



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the healthful spirit of 
thy grace ; # 



and that they may truly 
please thee, 



pour upon them the 
continual dew of thy 
blessing. 



Grant this, O Lord, for 
the honor of our Advo- 
cate and Mediator, Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 



ft A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. 

O God, the Creator 
and Preserver of all 
mankind, we humbly 
beseech thee, for all sorts 
and conditions of men, 

that thou wouldest be 
pleased to make thy 
ways known unto them, 
thy saving health unto 
all nations. 



Heb. 10 : 29. Spirit of Grace. 

Eph. 1 : 16. That the God of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
glory, may give unto you the spirit 
of wisdom. 

IThess. 2:4. But as we were 
allowed of God to be put in trust, 
with the gospel, even so we speak y 
not as pleasing men, but God, which 
trieth our hearts. 

2 Cor. 2 : 16. Who is sufficient, 
for these things ? 

2 Cor. 3 : 5. But our sufficiency 
is of God. 

Ps.l33:3. As the dew ofHer- 
mon, and as the dew that descended 
upon the mountains of Zion ; for 
there the Lord commanded the 
blessing, even life for ever more. 

1 John 2:1. If any man sin, we 
have an Advocate with the Father,, 
even Jesus Christ the righteous. 

1 Tim. 2 : 5. One Mediator be- 
tween God and man, the man 
Christ Jesus. 

Is. 40 : 23. The Creator of the 
ends of the earth. 

Job 7 : 20. O thou Preserver of 
men. 

1 Tim. 2:1. That supplications, 
prayers, intercessions and giving of 
thanks, be made for all men. 

Ps. 67 : 2. That thy way may be 
known upon earth, thy saving health 
among all nations. 

Rom. 10 : 14, 15. How shall they 
believe in him, of whom they have 
not heard ? and how shall they 
hear without a preacher ? and how 



* See Note D, at the end of the volume, on Prayer for the Clergy. 



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More especially we pray 
for thy holy church uni- 
versal, 

that it may be so guided 
and governed by thy 
good Spirit, 



that all who profess and 
call themselves Chris- 
tians, may be led into 
the way of truth, 

and hold the faith in 
unity of Spirit, in the 
bond of peace, and in 
righteousness of life. 



Finally we commend to 



shall they preach, except they be 
sent ?* 

Ps. 122 : 6. Pray for the peace of 
Jerusalem. 

Gal. 6:10. Let us do good unto 
all men, especially unto them who 
are of the household of faith. 

Acts 20 : 28. Over the which, 
the Holy Ghost hath made you 
overseers. 

Acts 15 : 28. It seemed good to 
the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay 
upon you no greater burthen than 
these necessary things. 

Eph. 2 : 20. In whom ye also are 
builded together for an habitation 
of God through the Spirit. 

[See in 1 Cor. 12, an account of the gifts 
and operations of the Spirit, for the edify- 
ing of the church. J 

Eph. 6 : 18. And supplication for 
all saints. 

John 16 : 13. Howbeit when he 
the Spirit of truth is come, he shall 
guide you into all truth A 

Eph. 4 : 3. Endeavoring to keep 
the unity of the Spirit, in the bond 
of peace. 

Phil. 1 : 27. Stand fast in one 
spirit , with one mind, striving to- 
gether for the faith of the gospel. 

2 Tim. 2 : 22. Follow righteous- 
ness, faith, charity, with them that 
call on the name of the Lord out 
of a pure heart. 

Ps. 140:12. I know that the 



* When Christians pray this prayer, let them remember these questions of 
the blessed apostle, and then ask themselves, whether they are doing what 
in them lies to further the fulfilment of their petitions. 

f " Grant us, by the same Spirit, to have a right judgment in all things." — Col- 
lect for Whitsunday. 



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thy Fatherly goodness, 
all those who are any 
ways afflicted or dis- 
tressed in mind, body or 
estate, that it may please 
thee to comfort and re- 
lieve them according to 
then several necessities, 



giving them patience 
under then* sufferings, 

and a happy issue out of I 
aU then afflictions. 

I 



And this we beg for 
Jesus Christ's sake. 
Amen. 

A General Thanksgiving 1 . 

Almighty God, the 
Father of all mercies, 

we, thine unworthy ser- 
vants, 



Lord will maintain the cause of the 
afflicted and the right of the jjoor. 

James 1 : 27. Pure religion and 
undented before God and the Fa- 
ther, is this, To visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

Ps. 146:9. The Lord relievetk 
the fatherless and icidcic, but the 
way of the wicked he turneth 
upside down. 

2 Thess. 2 : 16, 17. Now our 
Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, 
even our Father — comfort your 
hearts. 

Col. 1 : 11. Strengthened with 
all might, according to his glorious 
power, unto all patience, and long- 
suffering with joy fulness. 

Acts 7 : 9, 10. But God was with 
him. and delivered him out of all 
his afflictions. 

Heb. 12: 11. Now no chastening 
for the present seemeth to be joy- 
ous, but grievous ; nevertheless 
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable 
fruit of righteousness, unto them 
which have been exercised thereby. 

2 Cor. 4:17. For our light af- 
fliction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceed- 
ing and eternal weight of glory. 

John 14 : 32. Whatsoever ye 
shall ask in my name, 1 will do. 



2 Cor. 1 : 3. Even the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 
of mercies. 

Matt. 8 : S. I am not worthy, that 
thou shouldst come under my roof. 



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do give thee most hum- 
ble and hearty thanks, 

for all thy goodness and 
loving kindness to us 
and to all men. 

We bless thee for our 
creation, 

preservation, 

and all the blessings of 
this life ; 

but, above all, for thine 
inestimable love in the 
redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus 
Christ ; 



for the means of grace, 



and for the hope of 
glory, 



and we beseech thee, 
give us that due sense 
of all thy mercies, that 
our hearts may be un- 
feignedly thankful, 

6* 



1 Thess* 5:18. In every thing 
give thanks, for this is the will of 
God concerning you. 

Ps. 138 : 2. I will worship toward 
thy holy temple, and praise thy 
name for thy loving kindness and 
thy truth. 

Ps. 139 : 14. I am fearfully and 
wonderfully made. 

Gen. 1 : 27. So God created man 
in his own image. 

Neh. 9 : 6. Lord, thou hast made 
all things and thou preservest them 
all. 

Ps. 68 : 19. Blessed be the Lord, 
who daily loaxleth us with ben- 
efits. 

Luke 1 : 68. Blessed be the God 
of Israel, for he hath visited and 
redeemed his people. 

2 Cor. 9 : 15. Thanks be unto 
God for his unspeakable gift. 

Eph. 3 : 19. And to know the 
love of Christ, which passeth know- 
ledge. 

Acts 13:26. Unto you is the 
word of this salvation sent. 

Matt. 28 : 19. Go ye therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Col. 1 : 27. Christ in you the 
hope of glory. 

Rom. 5 : 2. By whom also we — 
rejoice in the hope of the glory of 
God. 

Rom. 2 : 4. Knowing that the 
ness of God leadeth thee to 



repentance. 

Col. 3 : 15. And let the peace of 
God rule in your hearts — and be 
ye thankful. 



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and that we may show 
forth thy praise, 

not only with our lips, 
but in our lives, 



by giving up ourselves 
to thy service, 



and by walking before 
thee in holiness and 
righteousness all our 
days, 

through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, 

to whom with thee, and 
the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and glory, world 
without end. Amen. 

If A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 

Almighty God, who 
hast given us grace at 
this time, with one ac- 
cord to make our com- 



1 Pet. 2:9. That ye should 

show forth the praises of him that 
called you out of darkness into 
his marvellous licrht. 

Matt. 15 : 8. This people draweth 
nigh unto me with their mouth, 
and honoreth me with their lips, 
but their heart is far from me. 

Rom. 6 : 4. Even so should we 
also walk in newness of life. 

Rom. 6 :13. Yield yourselves unto 
God, as those that were alive from, 
the dead. 

Rom. 12 : 1. I beseech you, 
therefore, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto 
God, which is your reasonable ser- 
vice. 

1 Cor. 6 :20. For ye were bought 
with a price, therefore glorify God 
in your 
are his. 

Eph. 5 : 8. Walk as children of 
the light. 

Luke 1 : 75. In holiness and 
righteousness before him all the days 
of our life. 

Phil. 4:13. J can do all things 
through Christ, which strength- 
eneth me. 

Ps. 115 : 1. Not unto us, O Lord, 
not unto us, but unto thy name 
give glory, for thy mercy and for 
thy truth's sake. 

[See quotations upon the Doxology.] 

Zech. 12 : 10. I will pour out 
upon the house of David and upon 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the 
Spirit of grace and supplication. 

Heb. 12 : 28. Let us have grace 



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mon supplications unto 
thee ; 



and dost promise that 
where two or three are 
gathered together in thy 
name, thou wilt grant 
their requests ; 



fulfil now, O Lord, the 
desires and petitions of 
thy servants, 

as may be most expe 
dient for them ; 



whereby we may serve God accep- 
tably, with reverence and godly fear. 

Acts 1 : 14. These all continued 
with one accord in prayer and sup- 
plication. 

Matt. 18 : 19, 20. Again I say 
unto you, that if two of you shall 
agree on earth, as touching any 
thing that they shall ask, it shall be 
done for them of ray Father, which 
is in heaven : for where two or three 
are gathered together in my name, 
there am I in the midst of them. 

Ps. 145:19. He will fulfil the 
desires of them that fear him. 

Ps. 20 : 5. The Lord fulfil all thy 
petitions. 

Ps. 84 : 11. jYo good thing will 
he withhold from them that walk 
uprightly. 

2 Cor. 12 : 8, 9. For this thing I 
besought the Lord thrice, that it 
might depart from me. And he 
said, my grace is sufficient for thee, 
for my strength is made perfect in 
weakness. Most gladly therefore zoill 
I rather glory in mij infirmities, 
that the power of Christ may rest 
upon me. 

granting us in this world 1 Tim. 1 : 2. Who will have all 
knowledge of thy truth, men to be saved, and to come to the 
and in the world to knowledge of the truth. 
come, life everlasting.* 
Amen. 

2 Cor. 13: 14. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us 
all evermore. Amen. 

[Here endeth the order of the Morning and Evening Prayer.] 



* For particular and private blessings, we must ask with deference to the 
will and the wisdom of God. For knowledge of the truth and salvation, we 
may ask without reserve, knowing that such petitions are always agreeable 
to the divine wili. 



64 



THE LITAXY, 



Or General Supplication, to be use 
[1. The Invocation.] 

O God, the Father of 
heaven ; have mercy 
upon us miserable sin- 
ners. 

O God, the Father of 
heaven ; have mercy upon 
us miserable sinners. 

O God the Son, Re- 
deemer of the world : 
have mercy upon us, 
miserable sinners. 

O God the Son, Re- 
deemer of the world; have 
mercy upon us, miserable 
sinners. 

O God, the Holy 
Ghost,| proceeding from 
the Father and the Son ; 
have mercy upon us, 
miserable sinners. 

O God, the Holy 
Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son ; 
have mercy upon us, mis- 
erable sinners. 

O holy, blessed and 
glorious Trinity, three 
persons and one God ; 



1 after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesda7& r 

and Fridays. 



Luke 11 : 13. Your heavenly Fa- 
ther. 

Ps. 4:1. Have mercy upon me 9 
and hear my prayer. 

Luke 18 : 13. God be merciful to 
me a sinner. 

Rev. 4 : 17 — -wretched and miser- 
able, and poor, and blind, and 
naked. 

Rev. 5 : 9. Thou hast redeemed 
us to God by thy blood out of every 
kindred, and tongue, and people? 
and nation. 

John 1 : 1. The icord icas God. 

Rev. 1 : S. I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and tlte 
ending, saith the Lord, which is f 
and which was. and which is to 
come, the Almighty.* 

John 14 : 16. I will pray the 
Father, and he shall give you an- 
other Comforter, that he may 
abide with you forever, even the 
Spirit of truth. 

John 16 : 7. If I go not away y 
the Comforter will not come unto 
you. but if I depart, / will send 
him unto you. [See on the second 
Creed.] 

2 Cor. 13 :14. The grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the communion of the 



* The connection, and particularly, verses 11, 13, 17, 18, show, that this 
was spoken by Christ. 

t See Note E, at the end of the volume, on the Personality and JVorship 
of the Holy Ghost. 



have mercy upon us, 
miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed and glo- 
rious Trinity, three per- 
sons and one God ; have 
mercy upon us, miserable 
sinners, 

[2. The Deprecations.] 

Remember not, Lord, 
our offences, nor the 
offences of our fore- 
fathers ; 

neither take thou ven- 
geance of our sins ; 
spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people, 



whom thou hast re- 
deemed with thy most 
precious blood, 

and be not angry with 
us forever. 

Spare us good Lord. 

From all evil and 
mischief ; 

from sin ; 



from the crafts and as- 
saults of the devil ; 



Holy Ghost be with you all. 

Amen. 



Isa. 43 : 25. And xcill not remem- 
ber thy sins. 

Ex. 20 : 5. Visiting the iniquities 
of the fathers upon the children. 

Nahum 1:2. The Loid will take 
vengeance on his adversaries. 

Joel 2 : 17. Let the priests, the 
ministers of the Lord, weep be- 
tween the porch and the altar, and 
let them say, Spare thy people, 
Lord. 

1 Pet. 1 : 18, 19. Forasmuch as 
ye know that ye were not redeemed 
with corruptible things, as silver 
and gold — but tcith the precious 
blood of Christ. 

Ps. 85 : 5. Wilt thou be angry 
tcith us for ever? 



Matt. 6 : 13. Deliver us from evil. 

Isa. 47:11. And mischief shall 
fall upon them. 

Rom. 6 : 12. Let not sin therefore 
reign in your mortal bodies, that 
ye should obey it in the lusts 
thereof. 

Eph. 6:11. Put on therefore the 
whole armor of God, that ye may 
be able to stand against the wiles 
of the devil. 



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2 Cor. 2:11. Lest Satan get an 
advantage of us, for we are not 
ignorant of his devices. 

1 Pet. 5:8. Be sober, be vigilant, 
because your adversary, the devil, 
as a roaring lion, goeth about, seek- 
ing whom lie may devour. 

Eph. 5 : 6. Because of these 
things cometh the wrath of God 
upon the children of disobedience. 

2 Thess. 1 : 9. Who shall be 
punished with everlasting destruc- 
tion from the presence of the Lord. 

Good Lord, deliver us. 



from thy wrath, and from 
everlasting damnation ; 



From all blindness of 
heart ; 



from pride, 
vain glory, 

and hypocrisy ; 

from envy, 

hatred, 
and malice, 

and all uncharitableness ; 



Eph. 4:18. Having the under- 
standing darkened, being alienated 
from the life of God, through the 
ignorance that is in them, because 
of the blindness of their heart. 

Prov. 16 : 18. Pride goeth before 
destruction, and a haughty spirit 
before a fall. 

Matt. 6 : 2. When thou doest 
thine alms, do not sound a trumpet 
before thee, as the hypocrites do, 
in the synagogues and in the 
streets, that they may have glory of 
men. 

Matt. 23 :14. And for a pretence 
make long prayer. 

Acts 5:4. Thou hast not lied 
unto men, but unto God. 

James 3 : 16. Where envying and 
strife is, there is confusion and 
every evil work. 

1 John 4 : 20. If a man say, I 
love God, and hateth his brother, 
he is a liar. 

Eph. 4 : 31. Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, 
and evil speaking, be put away 
from vou. icith all malice. 

1 Cor. 13:4. Charity suifereth 



6? 



long, and is kind, charity envieth 
not, charity vaunteth not itself, is 
not puffed up. 

1 Cor. 2. And though I have all 
faith, so that I could remove 
mountains, and have not charity, I 
am nothing. 



Good Lord, deliver us. 



From all inordinate 
and sinful affection, 



and from all the deceits 
of the world, 



the flesh, 



Col. 3 : 5. Mortify therefore your 
members which are upon earth, 
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate 
affection, evil concupiscence, and 
covetousness, which is idolatry. 

Mark 4 : 19. And the cares of 
this world, and the deceitfulness of 
riches, and the lusts of other 
things, entering in, choke the 
word, and it becometh unfruitful. 

Rom. 7:5. For when we were 
in the flesh, the motions of sin 
which were by the law, did work 
in our members to bring forth fruit 
unto death. 

Gal. 5 : 24. They that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh with its 
affections and lusts. 

Gal. 6 : 8. He that soweth to his 
flesh, shall of the flesh reap cor- 
ruption. 

2 Tim. 2 : 26. That they may 
recover themselves out of the snare 
of the devil, who are taken cap- 
tives by him at his will. 

[See above, under u Crafts and Assaults of 
the Devil." p. 65.] 

Good Lord, deliver us. 



and the devil ; 



From lightning and 
tempest ; from plague, 
pestilence and famine ; 
from battle and murder, 
and from sudden death ; 



1 Kings 8 : 37. If there be in the 
land famine, if there be pestilence, 
blasting, mildew, locust, or if there 
be caterpillar; if their enemy be- 
siege them in the land of their 
cities ; whatsoever plague, whatso- 



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Good Lord, deliver i 
From all sedition, 



privy conspiracy, 
rebellion : 



and 



from all false doctrine 
heresy, 



ever sickness there be; what 
prayer and supplication soever be 
made by any man or by all thy 
people Israel, which shall know 
every man the plague of his own 
heart, and spread forth his hands 
towards this house; then hear 
thou in heaven thy dwelling place, 
and forffive. 



1 Tim. 2 : 2. That we may lead 
a quiet and peaceable life, in all 
godliness and honesty. 

Gal. 5 : 20. Seditions, [placed 
among the "works of the flesh."] 

1 Tim. 4 : 16. Take heed to thy- 
self and to thy doctrine. 

1 Tim. 4: 1. The Spirit speaketh 
express!} 7 that in the latter times, 
some shall depart from the faith, 
giving heed to seducing spirits, and 
doctrines of devils. 

Tit. 2 : 7. In doctrine showing 
uncorruptness. 

2 Thess. 2 : 13, God hath chosen 
ycu to salvation, through sanctifi- 
cation of the Spirit, and belief of 
the truth. 

Jude 3. Contend earnestly for 
the faith, which was once delivered 
to the saints. 

2 Pet. 2 :1. But there were false 
prophets also among the people, 
even as there shall be false teachers 
among you. who privily shall bring 
in damnable heresies, even denying 
the Lord that bought them, and 
bring upon themselves swift de- 
struction. 

1 Kings 22 : 20—22. And the 
Lord said, who shall persuade 



* See Note F, at the end of the volume, or the Importance of a Right 
Belief. 



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and schism ; 



from hardness of heart, 



and contempt of thy 
Word, and Command- 
ment : 



Ahab, that he may go up and fall 
atRamoth-gilead ? — And there came 
forth a spirit and stood before the 
Lord, and said, I will persuade 
him. And the Lord said unto him, 
Wherewith ? And he said, I will 
go forth, and I will be a lying 
spirit in the mouth of all his 
prophets. And he said, Thou shalt 
persuade him, and prevail also. 

John 17 : 11. Holy Father, keep 
through thine own name, those, 
whom thou hast given me, that 
they may be one, as we are. 

1 Cor. 1:10. Now 1 beseech 
you, brethren, by the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all 
speak the same thing, and that 
there be no divisions among you, 
but that ye be perfectly joined 
together, in the same mind and in 
the same judgment. 

1 Cor. 12 : 25. That there should 
be no schism in the body. 

Mark 16 : 14. Afterward he ap- 
peared unto the eleven, as they sat 
at meat, and upbraided them with 
their unbelief and hardness of heart, 
because they believed not them 
which had seen him, after he was 
risen. 

2 Sam. 12:9. Wherefore hast 
thou despised the commandment 
of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? 

Ps. 10:13. Wherefore doth the 
wicked contemn God ? He hath 
said in his heart, Thou wilt not 
require it. 

Mark 7 : 8. For laying aside the 
commandment of God, ye hold the 
tradition of men. 



Good Lord, deliver us. 



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by thy holy nativity 
circumcision : by 



baptism 



lasting 



and 
thy 



By the mystery of thy 1 Tim. 3 : 16. Great is the mystery 
holy incarnation 4* of godliness ; God was manifest in 

theflesh. 

Heb. 2 : 14. Forasmuch then as 
the children were partakers of flesh 
and blood, he also took part of the 
same ; that through death, he might 
destroy him that had the power of 
death, that is, the devil. 

Matt. 3:13—15. Then cometh 
Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. But 
John forbade him, saying, I have 
need to be baptized of thee, and 
contest thou to me ? And Jesus 
answering, said unto him, Suffer it 
to be so now : for thus it becometh 
us to fulfil all righteousness. 

Matt. 4 : 2. And when he had 
fasted forty days and forty nights, 
he was afterwards an hungered. 

Heb. 2: 17, 18. Wherefore in all 
things it behoved him to be made 
like unto his brethren, that he 
might be a merciful and faithful 
high priest in things pertaining to 
God, to make reconciliation for the 
sins of the people. For in that he 
himself hath suffered being tempted, 
he is able to succor them that are 
tempted. 

Good Lord, deliver us. 



and temptation ; 



By thine agony and 
bloody sweat ; 



by thy cross and pas- 
sion : 



Luke 22 : 44. And being in an 
agony, he prayed more earnestly, 
and his siceat icas as it were great 
drops of blood, falling down to the 
ground. 

John 19 : 17, IS. And he bearing 
his cross, went forth into a place, 
called the place of a skull, which 
is called, in the Hebrew, Golgotha, 
where they crucified him. 



* See Note^G, at the end of the volume, on the Obsecrations. 



by thy precious 
and burial ; 



death 



by thy glorious resurrec- 
tion, 



and ascension, 



and by the coming of 
the Holy Ghost ; 



1 Pet. 3 : 18. For Christ also 
hath once suffered for sins, the just 
for the unjust, that he might bring 
us to God. 

Luke 24 : 46. And when Jesus 
had cried with a loud voice, he 
said, Father, into thy hands I com- 
mend my spirit ; and having said 
thus, he gave up the ghost. 

1 Cor. 15 : 3. For I delivered 
unto you, first of all, that which I 
also received, how that Christ died 
for our sins, according to the Scrip- 
tures, and was buried, &c. 

1 Cor. 15 : 20. Now is Christ 
risen from the dead, and become 
the first fruits of them that slept. 

1 Pet. 1 :21. Who by him do 
believe in God, that raised him up 
from the dead, and gave him glory, 
that your faith and hope might be 
in God. 

Acts 1 : 9. And when he had 
spoken these things, while they 
beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud 
received him out of their sight. 

Eph. 4 : 8. When he ascended 
up on high, he led captivity cap- 
tive, and gave gifts unto men. 

John 15 : 26. But when the Com- 
forter is come, whom I will send 
unto you from the Father, even the 
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth 
from the Father, he shall testify of 
me. 

Acts 2 : 1 — 4. And when the day 
of Pentecost was fully come, they 
were all with one accord in one 
place. And suddenly there came 
a sound from heaven, as of a rush- 
ing mighty wind, and it filled all 
the house, where they were sitting. 
And there appeared unto them 



n 



cloven tongues, like as of fire, and 
it sat upon each of them. And 
they were filled icith the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues, as the Spir.t gave 
them utterance. 



Good Lord, deliver us. 

In all time of our 
tribulation ; 



in all time of our 
perity ; 



pros- 



in the hour of death, 



and in the day of judg- 
ment : 



John 16 : 10. In the world ye 
shah have trihulation, but be of 
good cheer, I have overcome the 
world. 

Rom. 5 : 3. We glory in tribula- 
tions also, knowing that tribulation 
worketh patience. 

Ps. 30 : 6. In my prosperity, I said, 
I shall never be moved. 

Rom. 1 1 : 20. Be not high-minded, 
but fear. 

Prov. 1 : 3*2. The prosperity of 
fools shall destroy them. 

Ps. 23 : 4. Yea, though I walk 
through the valley of the shadow 
of deatk, I will fear no evil ; for 
thou art with me, thy rod, and thy 
staff, they comfort me. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of 
temptation, and to reserve th? 
unjust unto the day of judgment to 
be punished. 

Matt. 25 : 24. Then shall the 
King say unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you, from the foundations 
of the world. 



Good Lord, deliver us. 



[3. The Intercessions.] 

We sinners do beseech 
thee to hear us, O Lord 



Dan. 9:17. Now therefore, O 
our God, hear the prayer of thy 
servant, and his supplications, and 



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God; and that it may 
please thee to rule and 
govern thy holy church 
universal in the right 
way; 



cause thy face to shine upon thy 
sanctuary that is desolate, for the 
Lord's sake. 

Matt. 28 : 20. Lo 1 am with you 
always, even unto the end of the 
world. 

1 Cor. 12:18. But now God 
hath set the members, every one of 
them in the body, as it hath pleased 
him. 

Eph. 5 : 27. That he might pre- 
sent it to himself a glorious church, 
not having spot or wrinkle or any 
such thing, but that it should be 
holy and without blemish. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to bless and pre- 
serve all Christian rulers 
and magistrates, giving 
them grace to execute 
justice, and to maintain 
truth ; 



Rom. 13 : 3. For rulers are not a 
terror to good works, but to the 
evil. 

Rom. 13 : 4. He is the minister 
of God — a revenger to execute 
wrath upon him that doeth evil. 

2 Chron. 19 : 6. And said unto 
the judges, Take heed what ye do, 
for ye judge not for man, but for 
the Lord. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to illuminate all 
Bishops, Priests, and 
Deacons, with true 
knowledge and under- 
standing of thy Word ; 



and that both by their 
preaching and living, 
7 * 



Mai. 2 : 7. For the priests Ups 
should keep knowledge, and they 
should seek the law at his mouth. 

Matt. 5 : 14. Ye are the light of 
the world. 

Matt. 15 : 14. If the blind lead 
the blind, both shall fall into the 
ditch. 

2 Tim. 2 : 7. The Lord give thee 
understanding in all things. 

2 Tim. 4 : 2. Preach the word — 
i be instant in season, out of season. 



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they may set it forth and I Jer. 23 : 28. He that hath my 
show it accordingly : Iword. let him speak my word 
c " I faithfully. 

1 1 Tim. 4 : 12. Be thou an exam- 

\ple of the believers, in xcord, in con- 
\ zersation, in charity, in spirit, in 
I faith, in purity. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

Ps. 23 : 9. Save thy people, and 
I bless thine inheritance ; feed them 
| also and lift them up for ever. 



That it may please j 
thee to bless and keep j 
all thy people : 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please j Is. 2 : 4, 
thee to give to all na- i amon S the 



And he shall judge 
nations, and shall re- 



tions unitv. peace, au d ; buk e many people, and they shall 
, j . I beat their swords mto plougn- 



concord ; 



; shares, and their spears into prun- 
I ing-hooks ; nations shall not lift 
up sword against nation, neither 



shall they learn war any more. 
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to give us an heart 
to love and fear thee, 
and diligently to live 
after thy command- 
ments : 



We beseech the 



Deut. 6 ; 5. Thou shalt lore the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 

1 John 5:3. This is the love of 
God. that we keep his command- 
ments. 

Prov. 16 : 6. By the fear of the 
Lord, men depart from evil. 

Deut. 6 : 17. Ye shall diligently 
keep the commandments of the 
Lord your God. 

to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to give to all dis- 
people increase of grace, 



James 1 : 21. And receive with 
meekness the engrafted icord, which 
is able to save your souls. 

Heb. 4 :2. But the word preached 



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to hear 
word, 



meekly thy 



did not profit them, not being 
mixed with faith in them that 
heard it. 

1 Thess. 2 : 13. For this cause, 
also, we thank God without ceas- 
ing, because, when ye received the 
word of God which ye heard of us, 
ye received it not as the word of 
men, but as it is in truth, the word 
of G-od, which effectually worketh 
also in you that ! elieve. 

Is. 66 : 2. But to this man will I 
look, even to him that is of a con- 
trite spirit, and that trembleth at 
my word. 

Ps. 119:97. O how love I thy 
law; it is my meditation all the 
day. 

2 Thess. 2:10. Because they 
received not the love of the truth } 
that they might be saved. 

Gal. 5 : 22. But the fruit of the 
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suf- 
fering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance. 

2 Pet. 1 : 5—8. And beside this 
giving all diligence, add to your 
faith virtue ; and to virtue, knowl- 
edge ; and to knowledge, temper- 
ance ; and to temperance, patience ; 
and to patience, godliness ; and to 
godliness, brotherly kindness ; and 
to brotherly kindness, charity. 
For if these things be in you, and 
abound, they make you, that ye 
shall neither be barren nor unfruit- 
ful in the knoioledge of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



and to receive it with 
pure affection, 



and to bring forth the 
fruits of the Spirit ; 



That 

thee to 



it may please 
bring into the 



2 Pet. 2 : 2. And many shall 
follow their [i. e.the false teachers'] 
pernicious ways, by reason of 



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deceived ; 



way of truth, ail such 1 whom, the way of truth shall be 
as "have erred and are evil spoken of. 

2 Tim. 2 : 25, 26. If God will 
perad venture give them repentance 
to the acknowledging of the truth, 
that they may recover themselves 
out of the snare of the devil. 

Is. 44 : 20. A deceived heart hath 
turned him aside. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please ! Ps. 27 : 14. Wait on the Lord ; 
thee to ^trenothen such De °f g °d courage and he shall 
as do sta^id, . ' 

Eph. 3 : lo. That he would grant 
you, according to the riches of his 
glory, to be strengthened with all 
might by his Spirit in the inner 
man. 

and to comfort and help ! 1 Thess, 5 : 14. Comfort the 



feeble minded, support the weak. 

Is. 42 : 3. A braised reed shall 
he not break. 

Ps. 145 : 14. The Lord upholdeth 
all that fall, and raiseih up all those 
that be bowed down. 

Rom. 16 : 20. And the God of 
peace shall bruise Satan under your 
feet shortly. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please | Ps. 60 : 11. Give us help from 
thee to succor, help, I trouble, for vain is the help of 
and comfort all who are ; ma T n - 



the weak-hearted, 

and to raise up those 
who fall, 

and finally to beat clown 
Satan under our feet ; 



in danger, necessity, and 
tribulation ; 



James 2 : 15. If a brother or 
sister be naked, and destitute of 
daily food, and one of you say 
unto them, depart in peace, be ye 
warmed and filled ; notwithstanding 
ye give them not those things, 
which are needful for the body; 
what doth it profit ? 
We beseech thee to hear xls, good Lord. 



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Ezra 8 ; 11. And the hand of our 
God was upon us, and he deliveied 
us from the hand of the enemy, 
and of such as lay in wait by the 
way. 

Ps. 107 : 29. He maketh the 
storm a calm, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

1 Tim. 2 : 15. Notwithstanding 
she shall be saved in ehildbearing, 
if they continue in faith and char- 
ity, and holiness, with sobriety. 

James 5 : 15. And the prayer of 
faith shall save the sick, and the 
Lord shall raise him up. 

Heb. 13 : 3. Remember them 
that are in bonds, as bound with 
them ; and them that suffer adver- 
sity, as being yourselves also in 
the body. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, 



That it may please 
thee to preserve all who 
travel by land or by 
water, 



all women in the perils 
of childbirth, all sick 
persons, and young chil- 
dren, 



and to show thy pity 
upon all prisoners and 
captives ; 



That it may please 
thee to defend and pro- 
vide for the fatherless 
children and widows, 
and all who are desolate 
and oppressed ; 



Ps. 146 : 9. The Lord preserveth 
the stranger; he relieveth the fa- 
therless and widow. 

Ps. 68 : 5. A Father of the father- 
less, and a Judge of the widows, is 
God in his holy habitation. 

James 1 : 27. Pure religion, and 
undefiled, before God and the Fa* 
ther, is this, To visit the fatherless 
and widows in their affliction, and 
to keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

Ps. 146 : 7. Which executeth 
judgment for the oppressed. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to have mercy upon 
all men ; 



1 Tim. 2 : 1, 3, 4. I exhort there- 
fore that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions and giving of 
thanks, be made for all men; — for 
this is good and acceptable in the 



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sight of God our Saviour, who 
will have all men to repent and to 
come to the knowledge of the 
truth. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, 



That it may please 
thee to forgive our en- 
emies, persecutors, and 
slanderers, and to turn 
their hearts ; 



Matt. 5 :44. But I say unto you, 
love your enemies, bless them that 
curse you, do good to them that 
hate you, and pray for them that 
despitefully use you and persecute 
you. 

Luke 23 : 34. Father for give them, 
for they know not what they do. 

Acts 7 : 66. Lord, lay not this 
sin to their char ere. 



We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to give and preserve 
to our use the kindly 
fruits of the earth, so 
that in due time we may 
enjoy them ; 



Luke 11 : 3. Give us day by day 
our daily bread. 

Ps. 34 : 10. The young lions do 
lack and suffer hunger, but they 
that wait on the Lord shall not 
want any good thing. 

Acts 14 : 17. And gave us rain 
from heaven, and fruitful seasons, 
filling our hearts with food and 
i gladness. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



That it may please 
thee to give us true re- 
pentance, 

to forgive us all our sins, 
negligences, and igno- 
rances,* 



2 Tim. 2 : 25. If God peradven- 
ture will give them repentance, to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

Ps. 19 : 12, 13. Who can under- 
stand his errors ? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults ; keep back thy 



* " Sins : evil-, which are done deliberately, with the consent of a mis- 
guided will. JVr<r! i fences ; offences, which are committed from want of care 
or consideration, being done rashly, and while we minded somewhat else. 
Ignorances ; those faults, which we run into by error and mistake, and should 
not have acted them, if we had known them to be crimes. 1 ' — Comber. It is 
necessary to seek forgiveness of negligences and ignorances, as well as of sins, 
for negligence is always criminal, and ignorance, not unfrequently. 



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and to endue us with 
the grace of thy Holy 
Spirit, to amend our 
lives according to thy 
Holy Word ; 



servant also from presumptuous 
sins. 

Ps. 51 : 9. Blot out all mine in- 
iquities. 

Rom. 8 : 13, 14. For if ye live 
after the flesh ye shall die, but if ye 
through the Spirit do mortify the 
deeds of the body, ye shall live. 
For as many as are led by the Spirit 
of God, they are the sons of God. 

Ezek. 36 : 27. And I will put my 
Spirit within you, and cause you 
to walk in my statutes. 

2 Thess. 2 : 13. Because God 
hath from the beginning chosen 
you to salvation, through sanctifi- 
cation of the Spirit, and belief of the 
truth. 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 



Son of God, we be- 
seech thee to hear us. 

Son of God, we beseech 
thee to hear us. 



John 5 : 33. That all men should 
honor the Son, even as they honor 
the Father. 

Rev. 2: 18, 20, 21, 23. These 
things saith the Son of God, — I have 
a few things against thee, because 
thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, 
&c. — and / gave her space to re- 
pent, &c. And J will kill her 
children with death, and all the 
churches shall know that / am he 
which searcheth the reins and the 
hearts ; and I will give unto every 
one of you according to your icorks. 
O Lamb of God, who _ Rev. 5: 12, 13. Worthy is the 
take st away the sins of 



the world : 



Lamb, that was slain, to receive 
power, and riches, and wisdom, 
and honor, and glory, and blessing. 
And every creature, which is in 
heaven, and on the earth, and 
under the earth, and such as are 



so 



Grant us thy peace. 



O Lamb of God. who 

takest away the sins of 
the world ; 

Have mercy upon us.* 



in the sea. and all that are in them, 
heard I saying. Blessing, and 
honor, and glory, and power, be 

unto him that sitteth upon tJie throne, 
and unto the Lamb for ever and 
ever. 

John 14 : 27. My peace 1 give 
unto you. 

Rom. 1 : 7. Grace to you and 
peace from God the Father and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Her. 6 : 16. And said to the 
mountains and rocks, fall on as 
and hide us from the face of him 
i that sitteth on the throne B.ndfrom 
the wrath of the Lamb. 

Ps. 2 : \ 2. Kiss the Son, lest he be 
i angry, and ye perish from the way, 
| when his wrath is kindled but a 
! little. 



*7 The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Prayer, 1 
seech thee, O Father &c. 



We humbly be- 



[O Christ, hear us. 

O Christ, hear us. 

Lord, have mercy 
upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon 
us. 

Christ, have mercy 
upon us. 

Christ, have mercy 
upon us. 

Lord, have mercy 
upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon 
us.] 



Luke IS : 13. And the publican, 
standing afar off, would not so 
much as lift up his eyes to heaven, 
but smote upon his breast, saying, 
God be merciful to me a sinner. I 
tell you. this man went down to his 
house justified, rather than the 
other. 



* See Xote H, at the end of the volume, on the Worship of Christ. 



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ft Then shall the Minister, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. 
[4. The Supplications.] 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 
Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done on earth, as it is 
in heaven ; Give us this day our daily bread ; And 
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us ; And lead us not into temptation ; But 
deliver us from evil. Amen, 

Min. O Lord, deal Ps. 103:10. He hath not dealt 
not with us according with us after our sins ; 
to our sins. 

Ans. Neither reward Ps. 103 : 10.— Nor rewarded us 
us according to our in- ! according to our iniquities, 
iquities. I 



TT Let us pray.* 



O God, merciful Fa- 
ther, who despisest not 
the sighing of a contrite 
heart, 



nor the desires of such 
as are sorrowful ; 



mercifully assist our 
prayers, which we make 



Ps. 51 : 17. A broken and con- 
trite heart, God, thou wilt not 
despise. 

Ps. 12 : 5. For the oppression of 
the poor, for the sighing of the 
needy, now will I arise, saith the 
Lord. 

Ps. 38 : 9. Lord, all my desire 
is before thee, and my groaning is 
not hid from thee. 

Ps. 69 : 29. I am poor and sor- 
rowful ; let thy salvation, O God, 
set me up on high. 

Ps. 10 : 17. Lord, thou hast heard 
the desire of the humble, thou wilt 



* This Rubric seems to come in inappositely, inasmuch as it meets us 
in the midst of prayer. But here is a transition from short petitions, to 
which the people respond, to longer prayers, to which they are to listen and 
assent. " And therefore," says the Homily of Common Prayer and Sacra- 
ments, " in our Common Prayer, doth the minister often say. Let lis pray, 
meaning thereby to admonish the people, that they should prepare their ears 
to hear what he should crave at God's hand, and their hearts to consent to the 
same, and their tongues to say, Amtn, at the end thereof." 



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before thee in all our 
troubles, and adversities, 
whensoever they op- 
press us ; 



and graciously hear us, j 
that those evils, which 
the craft and subtilty of 
the Devil or man work- 
eth against us, 



may, by thy good prov- 
idence, be brought to 
nought ; 

that we, thy servants, 
being hurt by no perse- 
cution, may evermore 
give thanks unto thee 
in thy holy church, 
through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. 



O Lord, ame, help us 



prepare their heart, thou wilt cause 
thine ear to hear. 

Ps. 9 : 9. The Lord also will be 
a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 
in times of trouble. 

Ps. 34 : 6. This poor man cried, 
and the Lord heard him, and saved 
him out of all his trouble. 

2 Cor. 11 : 13. But I fear, lest by 
any means as the serpent beguiled 
Eve through his subtilty, so your 
mind should be corrupted from the 
simplicity, that is in Christ. 

Eph. 6 :16— 18. Abo re all, tak- 
ing the shield of faith, wherewith 
ye shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the wicked. And 
take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is 
the word of God; praying always 
with all prayer and supplication in 
the Spirit, and watching thereunto 
with all perseverance. 

2 Thess. 3:2. And that we may 
be delivered from unseasonable 
and wicked men. 

Ps. 33 : 10. The Lord bringeth 
the counsel of the heathen to 
nought ; — he maketh the devices of 
the people of none effect. 

Acts 9 : 31. Then had the 
churches rest [i. e. from persecu- 
tion] throughout all Judea, and 
Galilee, and Samaria, and were 
edified ; and walking in the fear of 
God. and in the comfort of the 
Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 

Ps. 79 : 13, So we thy people 
and sheep of thy pasture, icill give 
thee thanks for ever. 

Ps. 35 : IS. I will give thanks in 
the great congregation. 

Ps. 44:26. Arise for our help, 



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and deliver us for thy 
name's sake. 



O God, we have heard 
with our ears, and our 
fathers have declared 
unto us the noble works, 
that thou didst in their 
days, and in the old 
time before them. 

O Lord, arise, help us, 
and deliver us for thine 
honor. 



and redeem us for thy mercies' 

Ps. 79 : 9. Help us. O God of our 
salvation, for the glory of thy name, 
and deliver us and purge away our 
sins, for thy name's sake. 

Ps. 44 : 1. We have heard with 
our ears, God; our fathers have 
told us, what work thou didst in 
their dmjs, in the times of old. 



Ps. 79 : 10. Wherefore should 
the heathen say, Where is their 
God ? 



Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the 
Holy Ghost. 

Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall 
be, world without end. Amen. 



From our enemies, 
defend us, O Christ. 



Graciously look upon 
our afflictions. 

With pity behold the 
sorrows of our hearts. 



Mercifully forgive the 
sins of thy people. 



Luke 1 : 69, 71. Hath raised up 
an horn of salvation for us [i. e. 
Christ] — That we should be saved 
from our enemies, and from the 
hand of all that hate us. 

Ex. 3 : 7. And the Lord said, J 
have surely seen the afflictions of my 
people, which are in Egypt, and 
have heard their cry. 

Heb. 4 : 15. For we have not an 
high priest, who cannot be touched 
with the feeling of cur infirmities, 
but was in all points tempted like 
as we are, yet without sin. 

Heb. 4 : 1G. Let us therefore come 
boldly unto the throne of grace, 
that we may obtain mercy, and 
find grace to help in time of need. 

Ps. 25 : 18. Look upon mine 
affliction, and my pain, and forgive 
all my si?is. 



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Favorably, with mercy, 
hear our prayers. 

O Son of David, have 
mercy upon us. 

Both now and ever, 
vouchsafe to hear us, O 
Christ. 

Graciously hear us, O 
Christ, graciously hear 
us, O Lord Christ. 



Min. O Lord, let thy 
mercy be showed upon 
us : 

Ans. As we do put 
our trust in thee. 



Job 33 : 26. He shall pray unto 

God ; and he icill be favorable unto 
him. and he shall see his face with 

j°y- 

Matt. 9 : 27. TIiou Son of David 
have mercy upon us. 

1 John 5 : 14. And this is the 
confidence that we have in him, 
that if we ask any thing according 
to his will, he heareth us. 

Dan. 9 :'l8, 19. O my God, in- 
cline thine ear and hear ; open 
thine eyes and behold our desola- 
tions. O Lord! hear: O Lord! 
forgive : O Lord ! hearken and do ; 
defer not, for thine own sake, O 
my God. 

Ps. 33:22. Let thy mercy, Lord, 
be upon us. 

Ps. 33 : 22. — According as ice hope 
in thee. 



We humbly beseech 
thee, O Father, merci- 
fully to look on our 
infirmities ; 



and for the glory of thy 
name, turn from us all 
those evils which we 
most justly have de- 
served ; 



and grant that in all our 



7f Let us pray. 

Sam. 3 : 32. But though he 
cause grief, yet will he have com- 
passion according to the multitude 
of his mercies. 

Ps. 103 : 14. For he knoweth our 
frame, he remembereth that we are 
dust. 

Ps. 103 : 10. He hath not dealt 
with as according to our sins, nor 
rewarded us according to our in- 
iquities. 

Jonah 3: 10. And God saw their 
works, that they turned from their 
evil way; and God repented of the 
evil, that he had said he would do 
unto them, and he did it not. 
Ps. 50 : 15. Call upon me in the 



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troubles, Ave may put 
our whole trust and con- 
fidence in thy mercy ; 



and evermore serve thee 
in holiness and pure- 
ness of living, to thy 
honor and glory, 



through our only Medi- 
ator and Advocate, Jesus 
Christ, our Lord. Amen. 



day of trouble; I will deliver thee, 
and thou shalt glorify me, 

Ps. 42 : 5. Why art thou cast 
down, O my soul ! and why art 
thou disquieted within me ? hope 
thou in God, for I shall yet praise 
him for the help of his counte- 
nance. 

Job 13 : 15. Though he slay me, 
yet will I trust in him. 

John 15 : 8. Herein is my Fa- 
ther glorified that ye bear much 
fruit. 

John 15 : 2. And every branch 
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it 
that it may bring forth more fruit. 

Heb. 12 : 11. Now no chastening 
for the present seemeth to be joy- 
ous, but grievous ; nevertheless, 
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable 
fruit of righteousness, unto them, 
which are exercised thereby. 

[See Prayer for Clergy and People.] 



7f A general Thanksgiving. 

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine un- 
worthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty 
thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, 
and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preser- 
vation, and all the blessings of this life ; but, above all, 
for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and 
for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us 
that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be 
unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy 
praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving 
up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee 
in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus 

8 * 



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Christ our Lord ; to whom, with thee, and the Holy- 
Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 

A Prayer of St. Chrysostorn. 

Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time 
with one accord, to make our common supplications unto 
thee, and dost promise, that when two or three are 
gathered together in thy name, thou wilt grant their re- 
quests ; fulfil, now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of 
thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; grant- 
ing us, in this world, knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come, life everlasting. Amen. 

2 Cor. 13 ; 14. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us 
all evermore. Amen. 



Here endeth the Litany. 



NOTES. 



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NOTES. 



Note A.— Page 9. 

On the Sentences, and Preparation for Worship. 

The introductory sentences are to be read, by the minister, 
as admonitions to those, who have assembled for worship, of 
the dispositions, which are required of all, who would hope for 
acceptance before God. Such a commencement of divine 
service is peculiarly proper, for we should not rush without 
consideration, into the presence of him " to whom all hearts 
are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are 
hid," and who " looks upon the heart," demanding not outward 
but inward homage, — nor should we come without due prepa- 
ration from the cares and distractions of the world, to a service, 
for which we are all naturally unfit, by our carnal affections, 
our love of worldly things and our proud self-confidence. 
Without due preparation, we can expect little benefit. It is 
true, we may be suddenly arrested by the grace of God, when 
we are not seeking for him, and he who comes " to scoff, 
may remain to pray." But he undoubtedly, and he only 
has reason to expect God's blessing, who comes, with an 
earnest desire of it, and due preparation for his service. 
" Come," says the Homily on the time and place of prayer, 
" come with an heart sifted and cleansed from worldly and 



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carnal affections and desires; shake off all vain thoughts, 
which may hinder thee from God's true service. The bird, 
when she will fly, shaketh her wings: shake and prepare thy- 
self to fly higher than all the birds in the air, that after thy 
duty duly done in this earthly temple and church, thou may- 
est fly up. and be received into the glorious temple of God 
in heaven." 

The three first sentences are not in the English prayer book, 
but were added, when the Liturgy was revised for the use of 
the American Church. They are very suitable as preparatory 
to worship, but are not entirely " congruous," to use the woids 
of Bishop Brownell, " with the order of our service.' 5 We 
commence our service with confession, and all the sentences 
in the English prayer book are either exhortations and en- 
couragements to penitence and confession, or examples of them. 
They thus exactly harmonize with that part of God's service, 
which the compilers of the Liturgy rightly judged most suitable 
for the commencement of public worship, and point out also to 
the worshipper the most necessary preparation for it. That 
which qualities us for God's blessing, prepares us also for his 
service, and to what is the promise made but to penitence and 
confession. 

It is a pious practice, which ought to be maintained, for each 
individual to seek God's blessing by private prayer, when he 
enters the church. To promote this practice, the sentences 
are here, with more or less alteration, turned into prayers for 
this use. As the sentences point out the proper preparation for 
worship, so they furnish us with the proper subjects for such 
prayeis, and the prayers themselves, while they serve the 
purpose for which they were especially prepared, may also serve 
in some measure as comments upon the sentences. 

It cannot be considered as impertinent, to add to these re- 
marks on preparation for divine service, that the unfeigned 



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humility, which, as implied in confession, has been spoken of^ 
as above all others, the proper feeling, will lead us to put away 
all ostentation and self-display in God's house. Simplicity 
both of dress and demeanor is alone consistent with that self- 
abasement, to which our service leads us at its very com- 
mencement, and sets forth as the foundation of acceptable 
worship. God alone should be exalted in his house. 

Note B.— Page 23. 
On the Absolution. 

Some persons confound this Declaration of Absolution, with 
the Absolution of the Romish church. But a little attention 
to it will show their error. In the first sentence, the priest sets 
forth his commission — to do what ? To pardon ? No ; but to 
declare remission of sins to the penitent. In the next sentence, 
he proceeds to execute his commission. And how does he do 
it ? By simply declaring that "He" i. e. God, "pardoneth and 
absolveth" — whom? — " all those who do truly repent and un- 
feignedly believe his holy gospel." Does he pretend to decide 
upon their repentance and faith? Not at all. The words 
" truly," and " unfeignedly," are designed to turn the thoughts 
of the worshippers to that great Being, who searches the hearts, 
as the one, with whom, in this matter, they have to do. — The 
priest proceeds, " Wherefore let us beseech him," &c. not 
setting himself up as the pardoner, but uniting himself with 
the penitents, who seek absolution from God. 

Nothing can come more properly after confession, than the 
declaration of God's pardoning mercy. And nothing can be 
more proper than this form. The minister exhibits his author- 
ity, and declares his message, and then places himself under 
its benefits, modestly acknowledging "the earthen vessel/* 
(2 Cor. 4 : 7.) through which the message is conveyed. 



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Note C— Page 47. 

On the Descent to Hell, and the Intermediate State. 
The place of departed spirits, as in the Rubric. Christ, the 
God-man, ascended to heaven after his resurrection, and until 
the resurrection at the last day. the souls of the faithful de- 
parted will not be admitted to the full and final rewaid of the 
blessed in heaven. Between their death and resurrection, 
their souls are in paradise — Abraham's bosom — the place of 
departed spirits — happy — resting from their labors — their works 
following them, but " waiting for the adoption, to wit. the 
redemption of the body," before they can be prepared to ascend 
and be, in the most perfect and glorious sense, " ever with the 
Lord.'"' Not till the resurrection cometh the judgment, and 
not till the judgment are men sent to the places of their ever- 
lasting abode. This appears to be the simple doctrine of the 
Scriptures. 

Luke 14 : 4. Thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of 
the just. 

1 Cor. 15 : 52 — 54. The dead shall be raised incorruptible. 
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal 
must put on immortality. Then shall be brought to pass the 
saying, Death is swallowed up in victory. 

1 Thess. 4 : 16, 17. The dead in Christ shall rise first. Then 
we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall 
ice ever be iciih the Lord. 

Col. 3:4. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then 
shall ye also appear with him in glory. 

Dan. 12 : 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, 
shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and 
everlasting contempt. 

2 Pet. 2 : 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out 
of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment 
to be punished, 



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In these passages the time of final reward, both of the 
righteous and the wicked, is placed at the resurrection. 

The doctrine of an intermediate state, seems to result neces- 
sarily from that of the resurrection of the body. If the body 
is to be raised, and the soul reunited to it, that the man may, 
in his entire nature, receive the reward of his works — that the 
Christian, in his glorified body, may be more perfectly fitted to 
be with and like his Lord, who has gone before him into 
heaven, with a similar glorified body — and that the very nature, 
over which Satan had triumphed, and which death had made 
its own, being raised to heaven in immortal beauty, should for 
ever grace the victory of the Messiah ; and, on the other hand, 
that those who had sinned in, by, and for, the body, should 
also in the body suffer the vengeance of God ; — then must the 
state of souls between death and the resurrection be other than 
it will be after that glorious event. — What the condition of 
souls in this intermediate state may be, we know not, save that 
those of the righteous are happy, and those of the wicked " in 
torment." " Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord," says 
St. John, "from henceforth" and our blessed Saviour told the 
penitent thief that he should be with him that day, in paradise. 
— The notion then, that souls, in the intermediate state, are 
insensible, is contrary to Scripture. 

Where souls, in this state, may be, it is unnecessary to in- 
quire. What Scripture teaches, and the creed intends, is that 
there is such an intermediate state, and that the place of de- 
parted and separate spirits is not the same as that, which they 
shall have after their reunion with their risen bodies, and they 
shall have received the assignment of their eternal homes, at 
the day of judgment. The common notion, especially of those 
Christians, among whom these ancient symbols of the faith 
have fallen into disuse, has abolished all this, and sends the 
souls of the departed to their full reward or punishment, im- 
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mediately after death, and at the judgment recals them from 
heaven and from hell, to receive a sentence, of which they 
have already long been in possession. 

I suppose that the great objection to this doctrine, springs 
from the feelings of those, who have lost friends, and delight 
in believing, that they are in the very heaven of God, burning 
like seraphs before his throne. But, possibly, for it is all con- 
jecture, in this intermediate state, the departed may retain more 
sympathy with the present world, although so unlike what they 
were here, than they can have in their glorified nature, and in 
the perfect presence of God, for, as our Saviour says, in reply 
to a question, which involved the continuance of our present 
relations to each other; "in the resurrection they neither marry, 
nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in 
heaven." — This state is one of expectation, and is it not, there- 
fore, one of prayer ? Witness the prayer of souls under the 
altar, (Rev. 6 : 10.) — and that surviving friends are remembered, 
witness the anxieties of Dives, though in torment. 

After the death of Christ, doubtless his human soul went to 
the place of departed human spirits, and was with the souls of 
the righteous departed, preaching to them as St. Peter says, till 
his resurrection. The passage, which I have quoted against 
this article of the creed (Acts 2 : 27.) was explained by the 
early Christians, upon this ground. And they considered the 
doctrine expressly taught by St. Peter (1 Pet. 3 : 19.) " By 
which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison." 
" In the earliest times, (says Knapp, Theology, II. 199.) this 
passage was universally considered as denoting the continuance 
of Christ in Hades, and this meaning is undoubtedly the most 
natural, and best suited to the words, the context, and all the 
ideas of antiquity. But as this meaning does not accord with 
modern ideas, various other explanations have been attempted," 
&c. &c. 



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" Their souls ; " says Irenseus, Bp. of Lyons, (Ob. A. D. 202.) 
speaking of the order of the glorification and resurrection of 
true Christians, " shall go to an invisible place appointed by 
God, where they shall tarry till the resurrection, in continual 
expectation of it. After which, receiving their bodies, and 
rising perfectly, i. e. corporally, they shall come to the presence 
of God." Sir P. King's Hist. Ap. Creed, p. 205. So Justin 
Martyr (Ob. A. D. 163.) says, " All souls do not die, but those 
of the godly remain in a better place, and those of the ungodly 
in a worse, expecting the day of judgment." (ib ) 

Hell, in the ancient English dialect, was used, in the larger 
sense, for the general receptacle of all souls whatever, being 
derived from the old Saxon word Hil, to hide, or the participle 
Helled, hidden. It was equivalent, therefore, to the Greek 
Hades. Its present limited signification has tended probably to 
embarrass this subject, in the mind of the English reader. 

This article of the creed was insisted on by the ancients, 
because " it afforded a weighty argument against the followers 
of Apollinarius, who denied the existence of a human soul in 
Christ." It has received a great variety of interpretations, as 
may be seen in bishop Pearson. That which I have given, 
following the Rubric, appears to me to gi\re the simple sense of 
Holy Scripture, and of the ancient church, free from the addi- 
tions which, as is wont, began very early to cluster about a 
point so mysterious. — For a brief but distinct view of the 
subject, see Knapp's Theology, above referred to, and for a 
beautiful speculation on " the state of souls," see Saturday 
Evening, Chap. 24. 

Note D.— Page 58. 
On Prayer for the Clergy. 
If Christians wish to "be refreshed" by their ministers, (Rom. 
15 : 32.) — or to have " that which is lacking in their faith " per- 



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fected, (1 Thess. 3 : 10.) — or to see the word of the Lord pros- 
pering in the conversion of souls. (2 Thess. 3:1.) — let them 
pray, that they may have large measures of the Spirit of 
grace." For as saith the Homily for Whitsunday, " Which 
thing [i. e. the visible descent of the Holy Ghost, on the day 
of pentecost.] was undoubtedly to teach the apostles and all 
other men. that it is He, which giveth utterance and eloquence 
in preaching the gospel; that it is He. which openeth the 
mouth to declare the mighty woiks of God; that it is He, 
which engendereth a burning zeal towards God's word, and 
giveth all men a tongue, yea, a fiery tongue, so that they may 
boldly and cheerfully profess the truth in the face of the whole 
world." " After this sort, i; says the Homily on Prayer, part 3, 
" did the congregation continually pray for Peter, at Jerusalem, 
and for Paul, among the Gentiles, to the great increase and 
furtherance of Christ's Gospel. And if we, following their 
good example herein, will study to do the like, doubtless it 
cannot be expressed, how greatly we shall both help ourselves, 
and also please God." 



Note E. — Page 64. 
On the Personality and Worship of the Holy Ghost. 

That the Holy Ghost is something divine, (tl &eiov) cannot be 
doubted. The most important question to be discussed, relates 
therefore to his personality. If a person, he is God. Let us 
see how the language of Scripture bears upon this point. 

The Holy Ghost is called (John 14 : 16, 26; and 15:26, &c.) 
the Comforter, or as some render it, Helper, not Help. — He is 
the author of spiritual gifts, (1 Cor. 12: 4 — 11.) and not there- 
fore to be confounded with the gifts. — He is said to hear, to 
speak, to receive, &c. all which are the acts of a person, (John 
16 : 13, &c.) — He appears as sl personal agent, in sending Paul 



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and Barnabas on a mission through Cyprus, Pamphylia, &c. 
(Acts 13 : 2, 4.) — Again, he appears as a personal agent, when 
he is represented (Acts 20 : 28.) as having made the elders of 
the church at Ephesus, overseers of the flock. And so in 
many other places. 

In the formula of Baptism, (Matt. 28 : 19.) he is mentioned 
in distinction from the Father and the Son. So also, in the 
apostolic benediction, (2 Cor. 13 : 14.) — In none of these 
passages does he appear as the personification of some attribute 
Gf the Deity, or merely as a divine influence, but always as a 
personal agent. 

Is he to be worshipped, as he is in this supplication ? If 
God, certainly. Have we any examples of the worship of the 
Holy Ghost in the New Testament ? Paul says, (Rom. 9 : 1.) 
" my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost." 
" This must be considered as an act of divine worship, (says 
Knapp, Theol. II. 283.) since both Mosaic and Christian rules 
forbid swearing by any but the supreme God, Matt. 5 : 33 — 36. 
To swear by God, and to honor or worship him, were synon- 
ymous terms in the Old Testament." See Jer. 5:7; Deut. 6:13; 
Josh. 23 : 7 ; Isa. 65 : 16. — Again, the apostolic benediction 
(2 Cor. 13 : 14.) is the invocation of a blessing. 

Is he to be worshipped separately, as here ? Why not, if he 
has a distinct agency in the work of man's redemption ? And 
indeed is not the distinct worship of the Holy Ghost, as in 
this passage, important in its bearing upon our views and 
feelings in regard to his peculiar and important office ? 

Note F.~ Page 68. 
On the Importance of a Right Belief 
The petition, to be delivered " from false doctrine and heresy/' 
is important, for our opinions are the promises of our actions, 

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and only a right faith is likely to be followed by a right prac- 
tice. It is quite absurd to represent the doctrines of religion 
as matters of minor consequence, upon the ground of the 
supreme importance of a pious life. Who lives piously, but 
because he believes piously? Why did God reveal the truth 
to us, why did Christ " come to bear witness" to it, and 
why is the Holy Ghost sent to " lead men into all truth," if a 
right belief is not of fundamental importance ? Corrupt public 
opinion, and you corrupt public morals. Corrupt the truth of 
the gospel, and it loses in proportion its healing energy. " The 
truth shall make you free." What can be of more practical 
importance to the Christian, e. g than to know the grounds 
of acceptance with God? And who knows not how completely 
at variance are the notions of those, " who call themselves 
Christians," upon this point, and that in consequence of their 
different doctrinal views concerning the nature and office of 
Christ. 



Note G.— Page 70. 
On the Obsecrations. 

The striking appeals to God, which commence with this 
passage, "by the mystery of thy holy incarnation," &c. are 
of the form called Obsecration, by the older writers ; but apt 
and beautiful as they are, they have not escaped misapprehen- 
sion and censure. A brief consideration of their nature and 
appropriateness may not be out of place. 

The 44th Psalm is a prayer composed for the church in a 
season of calamity. How does it commence? With an appeal 
to past instances of God's goodness, in view of which the 
church rouses herself to confidence in him, and in this con- 
fidence urges her prayer for deliverance. "Arise for our help, 
and redeem us for thy mercies' sake." 



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So again in the 74th Psalm. The prophet complains of the 
desolations of the sanctuary, and appeals to God's past mercies, 
v. 2, "Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased 
of old." And verses J 2 — 15, " Thou didst divide the sea by 
thy strength," &,c. And he founds his petitions upon the 
appeal, v. 22, "Arise, O God, plead thine own cause," &c. 

The same turn of pious thought occurs in the 85th Psalm. 

Why may not the Christian make the more forcible appeal 
to the infinite mercies of God as shown, at every step in the 
great work of redemption, for the encouragement of his faith 
under trials and afflictions ? Nay, can he, without guilt, 
neglect to fortify his soul, with such proofs of the transcen- 
dent mercy of God as have been exhibited to him in the incar- 
nation, the agony and bloody sweat, the cross and passion, the 
death, resurrection, and ascension of his eternal Son? The 
spontaneous action of a right mind would lead directly to this 
method. Suppose a godly man, upon his knees, in distress, 
tempted to doubt God's mercy, and struggling with unbelief. 
He can utter nothing, and hardly send up a desire to God, till 
he remembers the Son of God, his agony, and his death, en- 
dured for all — for him. The spell is burst, and he exclaims, 
"I must believe thee, I do believe thee, Almighty God; though 
thou slay me, I will trust and hope in thee." 

When we call to mind, as in these obsecrations, the appear- 
ance of God in mortal flesh, and the unmeasured suffeiings of 
his human nature in the garden, and upon the cross, and even 
those apparently minor circumstances, his baptism and circum- 
cision, which were nevertheless necessary to his fulfilling all 
righteousness, as one " made under the law," that he might be 
a perfect Saviour — and remember all this as done for us, how 
can we fail to find that in our hearts, which St. Paul so well 
expresses, (Rom. 8:32.) "He that spared not his own Son, 
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also 



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freely give us all things ? " And when we call to mind the 
glorious resurrection and ascension of Christ, and the fulfilment 
of his promise in the coming of the Holy Ghost, all evincing 
that his sufferings had been accepted by the Father, and that 
he is now enthroned in the plenitude of his mediatorial power 
and glory : — how can we fail to feel an increased confidence in 
drawing ni^h to God ? As we go on naming, in our appeals to 
God, one after another, these demonstrations of Christ's com- 
passion, and God's love in Christ, our faith should rise, at 
every step, until we can boldly enter into the Holiest, by the 
new and living way. winch Christ has consecrated for us, 
through his flesh, and draw near to the very throne, with a 
true heart, and in the full assurance of faith. 

Note H.— Page 80. 
On the Worship of Christ. 
Here, — where our supplications are addressed so explicitly to 
Christ, and we follow up our requests with repeated and urgent 
petitions, addressed to him, in his different capacities, as the 
Son of God, — as the Lamb of God, who was slain for us. — as 
the Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah, consecrated to be our 
High Priest and King, — it is proper to consider a little more 
fully the subject of worshipping hi in. The passages quoted in 
the text, will go far to show the propriety of our practice in 
this respect, but it will appear clearer, when we consider care- 
fully the examples in the New Testament, of prayer addressed 
to Christ. 

In Acts 7: 59, we have a palpable instance. u Lord Jesus," 
said the dying Stephen, •'•'receive my spirit.'" 

We find another in Paul's prayer for the removal of the 
" thorn in the flesh/' 2 Cor. 12 :8. "I sought the Lord thrice, 
that it might be removed from me. 5 ' Whom did be mean by 



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the Lord ? The immediate context determines, v. 9, "And he 
[the Lord] said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for 
my strength is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly then, 
exclaimed the apostle, do I submit, nay, " I will rather glory 
in my infirmities." Why ? " that the poicer of Christ may rest 
upon me." It was Christ, then, whose strength was to be 
made perfect in his weakness, and Christ to whom he thrice 
prayed. 

It appears to me probable, that when "the Lord" is ad- 
dressed in many other passages, the Lord Jesus Christ is 
intended, although the context does not always, as in the in- 
stances above, afford decisive proof. In Acts 1 : 24, the context 
makes this probable. " And they prayed and said, Thou, 
Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of 
these two thou hast chosen." Peter, in making the proposal 
for the choice of an apostle, had just spoken of Jesus, as " the 
Lord Jesus." Add to this, that "the Lord" is the common 
appellation of Christ, — that the Lord Jesus appointed the other 
apostles, — that he appeared miraculously to commission Paul, 
(Acts 9 : 5.) and the fact, shown by the above examples, that 
Christ was prayed to under the title, Lord, and the probability 
becomes great, that he is the " Lord " addressed in the prayer 
under consideration. The addition, " who knowest the hearts 
of all men," agrees with what is said of Christ, John 2:25. 
" He knew what was in man," and with what he says of him- 
self, Rev. 2 : 23, " I am he which searcheth the reins and the 
hearts." 

Prayer to Christ is spoken of in 1 John 5 : 14, 15. " These 
things," says John, v. 13," have I written unto you that believe 
on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye 
have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the 
Son of God. And this is the confidence that we have in him, 
That if we ask any thing according to his will, he hearcth us : 



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and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know 
that we have the petitions that we desired of him," Here the 
person spoken of, the Son of God. is the same through the 
whole passage. 

The passages which supplicate " the grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ/' are all prayers to him. Rom. 1 : 7. — 1 Cor. 16: 23. — 
2 Cor. 13 : 14.— Gal. 6 : IS.— Eph. 6 : 23.— Phil. 4 : 23.— 1 Thess. 
5 : 23.— 2 Thess. 3 : 15. — 2 Tim. 4 : 22.— Philem. 25.— Rev. 22 : 
21. In the first Epistle to the Thessalomans. (3 : 11—13.) we 
have a remarkable example of this kind of prayer to Christ. 
" Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ 
direct our way unto you. And the Lord [i. e. the Lord ; whom 
he had just named] make you to increase and abound in love 
one toward another, and toward all men. even as we do toward 
you ; to the end he may stablisb your hearts unblamable in 
holiness before God. even our Father, at the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. :: 

From these passages, we may learn that praying to the Son 
of God is one way. in which we are to '-honor him even as 
we honor the Father." John 5 : 23. — We may see that, with 
the apostles, the declaration of Christ " that all power was 
given to him in heaven and in earth/' was not a dead letter; 
and that in holding him to be " head over all things, to the 
church.'' (Eph. 1 : 22.) they believed, that, as members of it, 
they might look to him for all their wants. 

In our supplications to Christ, what do we more than follow 
the examples of the apostles, recorded in Holy Scripture, and 
sanctioned by its doctrines, and transmitted to us from their 
days, also through the ancient Liturgies ? And if Christ is 
u head over all things, to the church?' is there not a peculiar 
aptness in such supplications P 



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